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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.4 Medium

CVE-2026-25500

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

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

rack rack

  • < 2.2.22affected
  • >= 3.0.0.beta1, < 3.1.20affected
  • >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.5affected

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