There is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in the plain_text_for_blockquote_node helper in Action Text. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-47888.

Impact

Carefully crafted text can cause the plain_text_for_blockquote_node helper to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. All users running an affected release should either upgrade or apply the relevant patch immediately.

Ruby 3.2 has mitigations for this problem, so Rails applications using Ruby 3.2 or newer are unaffected. Rails 8.0.0.beta1 depends on Ruby 3.2 or greater so is unaffected.

Releases

The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds

Users can avoid calling plain_text_for_blockquote_node or upgrade to Ruby 3.2.

Credits

Thanks to ooooooo_q for the report!

Instances of ActionText::Attachable::ContentAttachment included within a rich_text_area tag could potentially contain unsanitized HTML.

This has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-32464.

Versions Affected: >= 7.1.0 Not affected: < 7.1.0 Fixed Versions: 7.1.3.4

Impact

This could lead to a potential cross site scripting issue within the Trix editor.

Releases

The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds

N/A

Patches

To aid users who aren't able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the supported release series in accordance with our maintenance policy regarding security issues. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset.

• action_text_content_attachment_xss_7_1_stable.patch - Patch for 7.1 series

Credits

Thank you ooooooo_q for reporting this!