CVE-2012-6684
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the RedCloth library 4.2.9 for Ruby and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a javascript: URI.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.2.9-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.2.9-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.2.9-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.2.9-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.2.9-4 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| redcloth | redcloth_library | {"endIncluding":"4.2.9"} | |
References
- https://co3k.org/blog/redcloth-unfixed-xss-en
- http://co3k.org/blog/redcloth-unfixed-xss-en
- http://jgarber.lighthouseapp.com/projects/13054-redcloth/tickets/243-xss
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/50
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3168
- https://gist.github.com/co3k/75b3cb416c342aa1414c
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6684
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/RedCloth/CVE-2012-6684.yml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115714/http://jgarber.lighthouseapp.com/projects/13054-redcloth/tickets/243-xss
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6684
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.