CVE-2015-2963
N/A
Published: July 10, 2015 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPaperclip
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The thoughtbot paperclip gem before 4.2.2 for Ruby does not consider the content-type value during media-type validation, which allows remote attackers to upload HTML documents and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a spoofed value, as demonstrated by image/jpeg.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Paperclip· Thoughtbotrubygems
95%v ≤ 4.2.1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_JVNVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN83881261/index.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000088Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/19/3x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip/commit/9aee4112f36058cd28d5fe4a006d6981bd1eda57x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://robots.thoughtbot.com/paperclip-security-releaseQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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