FreeBSD : Loofah -- XSS vulnerability (a90d040e-f5b0-11e9-acc4-4576b265fda6)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 130183

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

GitHub issue :

This issue has been created for public disclosure of an XSS vulnerability that was responsibly reported by https://hackerone.com/vxhex

In the Loofah gem, through v2.3.0, unsanitized JavaScript may occur in sanitized output when a crafted SVG element is republished.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/releases

https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/issues/171

http://www.nessus.org/u?2bde9d0b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 130183

File Name: freebsd_pkg_a90d040ef5b011e9acc44576b265fda6.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 10/24/2019

Updated: 12/18/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem-loofah, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15587