CVE-2012-6684

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-6684
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-08 01:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Redcloth Redcloth Library All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
gist:75b3cb416c342aa1414c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gist.github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
RedCloth contains unfixed XSS vulnerability for 9 years - co3k.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 co3k.org Broken Link
Full Disclosure: RedCloth contains unfixed XSS vulnerability for 9 years af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3168-1 ruby-redcloth af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
#243 XSS - RedCloth - jgarber af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jgarber.lighthouseapp.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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