CVE-2013-0256
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-0256 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-03-01 05:40:17 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | darkfish.js in RDoc 2.3.0 through 3.12 and 4.x before 4.0.0.preview2.1, as used in Ruby, does not properly generate documents, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted URL. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Rdoc | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Rdoc | 4.0.0 | preview2 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p0 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p125 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p194 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p286 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p383 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | rc2 | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fix CVE-2013-0256, an XSS exploit in RDoc · rdoc/rdoc@ffa8788 · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| XSS exploit of RDoc documentation generated by rdoc (CVE-2013-0256) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ruby-lang.org | Vendor Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2013:0303-1: moderate: rubygem-rdoc: fixed a security bug | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA52774 - Red Hat update for Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| RDoc XSS vulnerability CVE-2013-0256 releases 3.9.5, 3.12.1, 4.0.0.rc.2 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | blog.segment7.net | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0647-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| USN-1733-1: Ruby vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| 907820 – (CVE-2013-0256) CVE-2013-0256 rubygem-rdoc: Cross-site scripting in the documentation created by Darkfish Rdoc HTML generator / template | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.