ActionText ContentAttachment can Contain Unsanitized HTML
Priority LOW 28CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Action Text brings rich text content and editing to Rails. Instances of ActionText::Attachable::ContentAttachment included within a rich_text_area tag could potentially contain unsanitized HTML. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.3.4 and 7.2.0.beta2.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00434 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed rails (rails): 7.1.3.4actiontext (RubyGems): 7.1.3.4, 7.2.0.beta2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rails | rails | 7.1.0 to before 7.1.3.4; = 7.2.0.beta1 | 7.1.3.4 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | actiontext (RubyGems) | 7.1.0 to before 7.1.3.4 | 7.1.3.4 | Patch available | GHSA-prjp-h48f-jgf6 |
| — | actiontext (RubyGems) | 7.2.0.beta1 to before 7.2.0.beta2 | 7.2.0.beta2 | Patch available | GHSA-prjp-h48f-jgf6 |
- rails VendorRails Affected 7.1.0 to before 7.1.3.4; = 7.2.0.beta1 Fixed in 7.1.3.4 Patch available CNA
- actiontext (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 7.1.0 to before 7.1.3.4 Fixed in 7.1.3.4 Patch available GHSA-prjp-h48f-jgf6
- actiontext (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 7.2.0.beta1 to before 7.2.0.beta2 Fixed in 7.2.0.beta2 Patch available GHSA-prjp-h48f-jgf6
Remediation
- Fix · CNA rails (rails) Fixed in 7.1.3.4
- Fix · GHSA-prjp-h48f-jgf6 actiontext (RubyGems) Fixed in 7.1.3.4 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-prjp-h48f-jgf6 actiontext (RubyGems) Fixed in 7.2.0.beta2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-32464
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-prjp-h48f-jgf6
References
Advisory 2
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- TI-2019-03828 Path traversal in Rails https://github.com/rails/rails KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-00672 Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-03830 Command injection in Rails https://github.com/rails/rails CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-06581 Code injection in https://github.com/rails/rails CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2013-00091 active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-32464 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-32464 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-prjp-h48f-jgf6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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