CVE-2018-16471

ruby-rack: There is a possible XSS vulnerability in Rack before 2.0.6 and 1.6.11

CVE-2018-16471 is fixed in ruby-rack on 1 platform by ruby-rack 1.6.4-4ubuntu0.1 (version 1.6.4-4ubuntu0.1), released November 12, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0189
79th percentile

There is a possible XSS vulnerability in Rack before 2.0.6 and 1.6.11. Carefully crafted requests can impact the data returned by the `scheme` method on `Rack::Request`. Applications that expect the scheme to be limited to 'http' or 'https' and do not escape the return value could be vulnerable to an XSS attack. Note that applications using the normal escaping mechanisms provided by Rails may not impacted, but applications that bypass the escaping mechanisms, or do not use them may be vulnerable.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
ruby-rack · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.6.4-4ubuntu0.1 ruby-rack 1.6.4-4ubuntu0.1 Nov 12, 2018

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