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CVE-2022-32209

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-32209 describes a possible Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Rails::Html::Sanitizer, affecting all versions where developers have specifically configured the sanitizer to allow both 'select' and 'style' HTML elements. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails_html_sanitizers:*:*:*:*:*:rails:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
29.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2935 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.12 for RHEL 8Fixed in: rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer-0:1.4.3-2.el8sat
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: rails-html-sanitizerFixed in: 1.4.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-pg8v-g4xq-hww9medium

Rails::Html::Sanitizer vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Jun 25, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-32209Important

rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer: possible xss with certain configurations

Jun 24, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00045.html
hackerone.com / reports/1530898
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00012.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AGRLWBEB3S5AU3D4TTROIS7O6QPHDTRH
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NHDACMCLWE32BZZTSNWQPIFUAD5I6Q47
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory