CVE-2023-30614 — Vulnerability in pay — CVE Details

HIGH

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) in Pay

Published April 20, 2023Updated February 16, 2024Source: osv

Summary

### Impact A payments info page of Pay is susceptible to reflected Cross-site scripting. An attacker could create a working URL that renders a javascript link to a user on a Rails application that integrates Pay. This URL could be distributed via email to specifically target certain individuals. If the targeted application contains a functionality to submit user-generated content (such as comments) the attacker could even distribute the URL using that functionality. ### Patches This has been patched in version 6.3.2 and above. Pay will now sanitize the `back` parameter and only permit relative paths.

Advisory Timeline

First published April 20, 2023 (1271 days ago).
Last revised February 16, 2024 — 301 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler

Update pay to 6.3.2 or later

gem install pay -v 6.3.2

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
pay	rubygems	0.0.0, 0.0.2, 1.0.0, 1.0.0.beta2 (+92 more)	6.3.2

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-79
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)MITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 7.1 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-30614?: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) in Pay This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 7.1/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2023-30614?: CVE-2023-30614 affects pay. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2023-30614 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

7.1

High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.

Also Known As

GHSA-cqf3-vpx7-rxhw

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