Action View provides conventions and helpers for building web pages with the Rails framework. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, when a blank string is used as an HTML attribute name in Action View tag helpers, the attribute escaping is bypassed, producing malformed HTML. A carefully crafted attribute value could then be misinterpreted by the browser as a separate attribute name, possibly leading to XSS. Applications that allow users to specify custom HTML attributes are affected. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq Rails has a possible XSS vulnerability in its Action View tag helpers
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Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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Rubyonrails actionview
Vendors & Products Rubyonrails
Rubyonrails actionview

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Description Action View provides conventions and helpers for building web pages with the Rails framework. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, when a blank string is used as an HTML attribute name in Action View tag helpers, the attribute escaping is bypassed, producing malformed HTML. A carefully crafted attribute value could then be misinterpreted by the browser as a separate attribute name, possibly leading to XSS. Applications that allow users to specify custom HTML attributes are affected. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.
Title Rails has a possible XSS vulnerability in its Action View tag helpers
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-23T23:19:11.173Z

Reserved: 2026-03-17T21:17:08.888Z

Link: CVE-2026-33168

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-23T23:17:12.873

Modified: 2026-03-23T23:17:12.873

Link: CVE-2026-33168

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-03-23T23:01:22Z

Links: CVE-2026-33168 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-24T10:30:02Z

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