PT-2015-3535 · Why The Lucky Stiff · Redcloth

Co3K · Published 2015-01-08 · Updated 2017-10-24 · CVE-2012-6684

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions RedCloth library versions 4.2.9 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a javascript: URI, which can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This enables attackers to execute malicious scripts on the victim's browser.

Recommendations For RedCloth library versions 4.2.9 and earlier, consider updating to a version later than 4.2.9 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of javascript: URIs in the RedCloth library until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6684

DLA-167-1

DSA-3168-1

GHSA-R23G-3QW4-GFH2

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10401-1

Affected Products

Redcloth

References · 21

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/RedCloth/CVE-2012-6684.yml · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/50 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6684 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6684 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3168 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3168-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ruby-redcloth · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gist.github.com/co3k/75b3cb416c342aa1414c · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6684 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-6684 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3168-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6684 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6684 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6684 · Vendor Advisory