What is GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2?

GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. RedCloth Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2 cover?

GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2012-6684. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2?

GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2 affects 1 product, including: rubygems/redcloth:\u003c 4.3.0.

GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2Medium

RedCloth Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 24, 2017

Last Modified

November 4, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2012-6684 →

📋 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.

🎯 Affected products1

rubygems/redcloth:< 4.3.0

🔗 References (8)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6684
https://gist.github.com/co3k/75b3cb416c342aa1414c
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/50
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3168
https://co3k.org/blog/redcloth-unfixed-xss-en
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://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2