CVE-2012-6684
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2RedCloth Cross-site Scripting vulnerability2017-10-24ghsa · osvUS
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.
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references (15)
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- http://co3k.org/blog/redcloth-unfixed-xss-encnnvd
- http://jgarber.lighthouseapp.com/projects/13054-redcloth/tickets/243-xsscnnvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/50cnnvd
- https://gist.github.com/co3k/75b3cb416c342aa1414ccnnvd
- https://rubygems.org/gems/RedClothPatchcnnvd
- http://co3k.org/blog/redcloth-unfixed-xss-enenisa_euvd
- http://jgarber.lighthouseapp.com/projects/13054-redcloth/tickets/243-xssenisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/50enisa_euvd
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