CVE-2018-3740
N/A
Published: March 30, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:57 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSanitizeProject Sanitize
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
A specially crafted HTML fragment can cause Sanitize gem for Ruby to allow non-whitelisted attributes to be used on a whitelisted HTML element.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Sanitize· Sanitize Projectrubygems
95%v ≤ 4.6.0
v < 4.6.3
Affected range stops below 4.6.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/25/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-0-dot-1-released/x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/rgrove/sanitize/commit/01629a162e448a83d901456d0ba8b65f3b03d46ex_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/rgrove/sanitize/issues/176Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4358Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79CWE-20
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