CVE-2015-2963

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2963
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerjpcert
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-07-10 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe thoughtbot paperclip gem before 4.2.2 for Ruby does not consider the content-type value during media-type validation, which allows remote attackers to upload HTML documents and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a spoofed value, as demonstrated by image/jpeg.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Thoughtbot Paperclip All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Paperclip Security Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 robots.thoughtbot.com Vendor Advisory
JVN#83881261: Ruby on Rails library Paperclip vulnerable to cross-site scripting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvn.jp Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Content type spoofing in ruby gem paperclip <4.2.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Vendor Advisory
jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000088 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvndb.jvn.jp Vendor Advisory
Ruby On Rails Paperclip CVE-2015-2963 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fix a possible security issue with spoofing · thoughtbot/paperclip@9aee411 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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