CVE-2022-23515

Improper neutralization of data URIs may allow XSS in Loofah

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Loofah is a general library for manipulating and transforming HTML/XML documents and fragments, built on top of Nokogiri. Loofah >= 2.1.0, < 2.19.1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via the image/svg+xml media type in data URIs. This issue is patched in version 2.19.1.

Loofah es una librería general para manipular y transformar documentos y fragmentos HTML / XML, construida sobre Nokogiri. Loofah >= 2.1.0, < 2.19.1 es vulnerable a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) a través del tipo de medio image/svg+xml en las URI de datos. Este problema está parcheado en la versión 2.19.1.

A Cross-site scripting vulnerability was found in rubygem loofah. While neutralizing certain data URIs, loofah is susceptible to Cross-site scripting attacks.

Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based infrastructure. It allows for provisioning, remote management, and monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single centralized tool. Issues addressed include code execution, cross site scripting, denial of service, deserialization, improper neutralization, information leakage, and remote shell upload vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-01-19 CVE Reserved
2022-12-14 CVE Published
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
2025-02-13 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/issues/101	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/security/advisories/GHSA-228g-948r-83gx	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00011.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23515	2023-05-03
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153262	2023-05-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Loofah Project Search vendor "Loofah Project"		Loofah Search vendor "Loofah Project" for product "Loofah"				>= 2.1.0 < 2.19.1 Search vendor "Loofah Project" for product "Loofah" and version " >= 2.1.0 < 2.19.1"		ruby		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected