CVE-2023-36823
Sanitize vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting via insufficient neutralization of `style` element content
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Sanitize is an allowlist-based HTML and CSS sanitizer. Using carefully crafted input, an attacker may be able to sneak arbitrary HTML and CSS through Sanitize starting with version 3.0.0 and prior to version 6.0.2 when Sanitize is configured to use the built-in "relaxed" config or when using a custom config that allows `style` elements and one or more CSS at-rules. This could result in cross-site scripting or other undesired behavior when the malicious HTML and CSS are rendered in a browser. Sanitize 6.0.2 performs additional escaping of CSS in `style` element content, which fixes this issue. Users who are unable to upgrade can prevent this issue by using a Sanitize config that doesn't allow `style` elements, using a Sanitize config that doesn't allow CSS at-rules, or by manually escaping the character sequence `</` as `<\/` in `style` element content.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2023-06-27 CVE Reserved
- 2023-07-06 CVE Published
- 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-07 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
References (4)
URL | Tag | Source |
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https://github.com/rgrove/sanitize/releases/tag/v6.0.2 | Release Notes | |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00008.html | Mailing List |
URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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https://github.com/rgrove/sanitize/commit/76ed46e6dc70820f38efe27de8dabd54dddb5220 | 2023-12-22 |
URL | Date | SRC |
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https://github.com/rgrove/sanitize/security/advisories/GHSA-f5ww-cq3m-q3g7 | 2023-12-22 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
Sanitize Project Search vendor "Sanitize Project" | Sanitize Search vendor "Sanitize Project" for product "Sanitize" | >= 3.0.0 < 6.0.2 Search vendor "Sanitize Project" for product "Sanitize" and version " >= 3.0.0 < 6.0.2" | ruby |
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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
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