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CVE-2018-8048

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In the Loofah gem through 2.2.0 for Ruby, non-whitelisted HTML attributes may occur in sanitized output by republishing a crafted HTML fragment.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0
• flavorjones loofah: before 2.2.1 — fixed in 2.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: flavorjones loofah 2.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/19/5
• https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/issues/144
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191122-0003/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4171
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/19/5
• https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/issues/144
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191122-0003/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4171

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