rubygem-RedCloth: XSS vulnerability
Published Jan 8, 2015
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.25%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 4.2.9
Configuration 2
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
rubygem-RedCloth
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | rubygem-RedCloth | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.25% (0.02253) | 82.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.25% (0.02253) | 80.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.23% (0.00226) | 43.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00150) | 52.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00203) | 57.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00144) | 48.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00208) | 56.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://co3k.org/blog/redcloth-unfixed-xss-en x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
- http://jgarber.lighthouseapp.com/projects/13054-redcloth/tickets/243-xss x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/50 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3168 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6684 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179870 Issue Tracking
- https://co3k.org/blog/redcloth-unfixed-xss-en
- https://gist.github.com/co3k/75b3cb416c342aa1414c x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatch
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2 Advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/RedCloth/CVE-2012-6684.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6684
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115714/http://jgarber.lighthouseapp.com/projects/13054-redcloth/tickets/243-xss
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6684
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