{
"id": "GHSA-vxvp-4xwc-jpp6",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2015-3226"
],
"details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in `json/encoding.rb` in Active Support in Ruby on Rails 4.1.x before 4.1.11 and 4.2.x before 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted Hash that is mishandled during JSON encoding.",
"summary": "activesupport Cross-site Scripting vulnerability",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.1.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.1.11"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "activesupport",
"ecosystem": "RubyGems"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.2.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.2.2"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "activesupport",
"ecosystem": "RubyGems"
}
}
],
"modified": "2025-11-04T20:42:18Z",
"severity": [],
"published": "2017-10-24T18:33:36Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3226",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/rails/rails",
"type": "PACKAGE"
},
{
"url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/7VlB_pck3hU/3QZrGIaQW6cJ",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-core/c/qBUqVlXERag/m/kuH3wQk1kxUJ",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228033946/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75231",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200517005133/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/17",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"severity": "MODERATE",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": "2015-07-26T22:59:05Z",
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:59:02Z"
}
}