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    CVE-2015-2963

    The 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.

    Published:Jul 10, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Jul 10, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.00481
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Thoughtbot
    Product
    Paperclip

    Exploits

    https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip/commit/9aee4112f36058cd28d5fe4a006d6981bd1eda57https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip/commit/9aee4112f36058cd28d5fe4a006d6981bd1eda57

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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