Name: CVE-2015-2963: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2015-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-2963, CWE-79, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.00481

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade rubygem-paperclip	Dec 10, 2025	Jun 22, 2015

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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