rules:
- id: avoid-render-text
  metadata:
    owasp: 'A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)'
    cwe: "CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')"
    references:
    - https://brakemanpro.com/2017/09/08/cross-site-scripting-in-rails#inline-renders---even-worse-than-xss
    category: security
    technology:
    - rails
  message: >-
    'render text: ...' actually sets the content-type to 'text/html'.
    If external data can reach here, this exposes your application
    to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Instead, use 'render plain: ...' to
    render non-HTML text.
  languages: [ruby]
  severity: WARNING
  pattern: 'render text: ...'
  fix-regex:
    regex: 'text:'
    replacement: 'plain:'