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Rack's Stored XSS in Rack::Directory via javascript: filenames rendered into anchor href

rack · CVE-2026-25500
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What is it?

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.22, 3.1.20, and 3.2.5, `Rack::Directory` generates an HTML directory index where each file entry is rendered as a clickable link. If a file exists on disk whose basename starts with the `javascript:` scheme (e.g. `javascript:alert(1)`), the generated index contains an anchor whose `href` is exactly `javascript:alert(1)`. Clicking the entry executes JavaScript in the browser (demonstrated with `alert(1)`). Versions 2.2.22, 3.1.20, and 3.2.5 fix the issue.

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CVSS
5.4
EPSS
0.3%
First seen
2 d ago
Status
corroborated

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