PT-2025-54702 · Rubygems · Action Text-Trix+1

Published 2025-12-31 · Updated 2025-12-31

OSV

CVSS v3.1

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Impact

The Trix editor, in versions prior to 2.1.16, is vulnerable to XSS attacks through attachment payloads.

An attacker could inject malicious code into a data-trix-attachment attribute that, when rendered as HTML and clicked on, could execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the context of the user's session, potentially leading to unauthorized actions being performed or sensitive information being disclosed.

Patches

Update Recommendation: Users should upgrade to Trix editor version 2.1.16 or later.

Resources

The XSS vulnerability was reported by HackerOne researcher michaelcheers.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

GHSA-G9JG-W8VM-G96V

Affected Products

Action Text-Trix

Trix

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g9jg-w8vm-g96v · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/basecamp/trix · Note
• https://github.com/basecamp/trix/releases/tag/v2.1.16 · Note
• https://github.com/basecamp/trix/commit/73c20cf03ab2b56c0ef9c9b1aaf63f2de44f4010 · Note
• https://github.com/basecamp/trix/security/advisories/GHSA-g9jg-w8vm-g96v · Note
• https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/action_text-trix/GHSA-g9jg-w8vm-g96v.yml · Note