# Moderate severity vulnerability that affects rails-html-sanitizer

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/moderate-severity-vulnerability-that-affects-rails-html-sanitizer-a6f15fc9  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2018-09-17  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Severity: info · Published 2018-09-17

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects rails-html-sanitizer

Technologies: [rails-html-sanitizer (RubyGems)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/rails-html-sanitizer). Vendors: [RubyGems](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/rubygems).

## Quick answers

**Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is This vulnerability?** Informational severity, published 17 September 2018.

**Which products and versions are affected?** rails-html-sanitizer (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.0.2,fixed=1.0.3.

**Is there a fix for This vulnerability?** Yes. rails-html-sanitizer (RubyGems): upgrade to 1.0.3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected?** Check whether you run rails-html-sanitizer (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- rails-html-sanitizer (RubyGems): upgrade to 1.0.3 or later

  ```sh
  bundle update rails-html-sanitizer
  ```


## Affected products

- rails-html-sanitizer (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.0.2,fixed=1.0.3

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