CVE-2022-22577: Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Action Pack

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-05-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An XSS Vulnerability in Action Pack >= 5.2.0 and < 5.2.0 that could allow an attacker to bypass CSP for non HTML like responses.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 10.0
rails actionpack: from 5.2.0 before 5.2.7.1; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.4.8; from 6.1.0 before 6.1.5.1; from 7.0.0 before 7.0.2.4 — fixed in 5.2.7.1, 6.0.4.8, 6.1.5.1, 7.0.2.4
Rubygems Actionpack: from 5.2.0 before 5.2.7.1; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.4.8; from 6.1.0 before 6.1.5.1; from 7.0.0 before 7.0.2.4; 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.2.1.1, 5.2.1.rc1, 5.2.2, 5.2.2.1 (+64) — fixed in 5.2.7.1, 6.0.4.8, 6.1.5.1, 7.0.2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: rails actionpack 5.2.7.1, 6.0.4.8, 6.1.5.1, 7.0.2.4; Rubygems Actionpack 5.2.7.1, 6.0.4.8, 6.1.5.1, 7.0.2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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