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CVE-2012-6684 Detail

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  01/07/2015

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
http://co3k.org/blog/redcloth-unfixed-xss-en Broken Link
http://jgarber.lighthouseapp.com/projects/13054-redcloth/tickets/243-xss Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/50 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3168 Third Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/co3k/75b3cb416c342aa1414c Issue Tracking Patch

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-6684
NVD Published Date:
01/07/2015
NVD Last Modified:
09/02/2016