CVE-2023-28120
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
09/01/2025
Last modified:
09/01/2025
Description
There is a vulnerability in ActiveSupport if the new bytesplice method is called on a SafeBuffer with untrusted user input.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.30
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-28120-possible-xss-security-vulnerability-in-safebuffer-bytesplice/82469
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/3cf23c3f891e2e81c977ea4ab83b62bc2a444b70
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UPV6PVCX4VDJHLFFT42EXBBSGAWZICOW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZE5W4MH6IE4DV7GELDK6ISCSTFLHKSYO/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240202-0006/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5389