Description
Sanitize is an allowlist-based HTML and CSS sanitizer. Using carefully crafted input, an attacker may be able to sneak arbitrary HTML and CSS through Sanitize starting with version 3.0.0 and prior to version 6.0.2 when Sanitize is configured to use the built-in "relaxed" config or when using a custom config that allows `style` elements and one or more CSS at-rules. This could result in cross-site scripting or other undesired behavior when the malicious HTML and CSS are rendered in a browser. Sanitize 6.0.2 performs additional escaping of CSS in `style` element content, which fixes this issue. Users who are unable to upgrade can prevent this issue by using a Sanitize config that doesn't allow `style` elements, using a Sanitize config that doesn't allow CSS at-rules, or by manually escaping the character sequence `</` as `<\/` in `style` element content.
Published: 2023-07-06
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3652-1 ruby-sanitize security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5616-1 ruby-sanitize security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-2045 Sanitize is an allowlist-based HTML and CSS sanitizer. Using carefully crafted input, an attacker may be able to sneak arbitrary HTML and CSS through Sanitize starting with version 3.0.0 and prior to version 6.0.2 when Sanitize is configured to use the built-in "relaxed" config or when using a custom config that allows `style` elements and one or more CSS at-rules. This could result in cross-site scripting or other undesired behavior when the malicious HTML and CSS are rendered in a browser. Sanitize 6.0.2 performs additional escaping of CSS in `style` element content, which fixes this issue. Users who are unable to upgrade can prevent this issue by using a Sanitize config that doesn't allow `style` elements, using a Sanitize config that doesn't allow CSS at-rules, or by manually escaping the character sequence `</` as `<\/` in `style` element content.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-f5ww-cq3m-q3g7 Sanitize vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting via insufficient neutralization of `style` element content
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6748-1 Sanitize vulnerabilities
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Sanitize Project Sanitize
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-13T16:56:27.159Z

Reserved: 2023-06-27T15:43:18.386Z

Link: CVE-2023-36823

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-06T16:15:10.147

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:10:40.520

Link: CVE-2023-36823

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