rails-ujs vulnerable to DOM Based Cross-site Scripting contenteditable HTML Elements

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0064, the 50th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 9 Jun 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-xp5h-f8jf-rc8q
• OSV: GHSA-xp5h-f8jf-rc8q
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23913
• github.com/rails/rails/commit/5037a13614d71727af8a175063bcf6ba1a74bdbd
• github.com/rails/rails/commit/73009ea59a811b28e8ec2a9c9bc24635aa891214
• bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1033263
• discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-23913-dom-based-cross-site-scripting-in-rails-ujs-for-contenteditable-html-elements/82468
• github.com/rails/rails
• github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2023-23913.yml
• security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240605-0007
• www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5389

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.