kaminari 1.1.1

1 security vulnerability found in version 1.1.1

Cross-Site Scripting in Kaminari via original_script_name parameter

medium severity CVE-2020-11082
medium severity CVE-2020-11082
Patched versions: >= 1.2.1

Impact

There was a vulnerability in versions of Kaminari that would allow an attacker to inject arbitrary code into pages with pagination links.

For example, an attacker could craft pagination links that link to other domain or host: https://example.com/posts?page=4&original_script_name=https://another-host.example.com

In addition, an attacker could also craft pagination links that include JavaScript code that runs when a user clicks the link: https://example.com/posts?page=4&original_script_name=javascript:alert(42)%3b//

Releases

The 1.2.1 gem including the patch has already been released. All past released versions are affected by this vulnerability.

Workarounds

Application developers who can't update the gem can workaround by overriding the PARAM_KEY_EXCEPT_LIST constant.

module Kaminari::Helpers
  PARAM_KEY_EXCEPT_LIST = [:authenticity_token, :commit, :utf8, :_method, :script_name, :original_script_name].freeze
end

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