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Status published
Medium
CVE-2013-0256
darkfish.js in RDoc 2.3.0 through 3.12 and 4.x before 4.0.0.preview2.1,...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-cve-2013-0256/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52774
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00048.html
- http://blog.segment7.net/2013/02/06/rdoc-xss-vulnerability-cve-2013-0256-releases-3-9-5-3-12-1-4-0-0-rc-2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0728.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html
- https://github.com/rdoc/rdoc/commit/ffa87887ee0517793df7541629a470e331f9fe60
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0548.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1733-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907820
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
2.3.0, 4.0.0, 1.9, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 2.0, 2.0.0, 12.04, 12.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 1st, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.