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Status published
Medium
CVE-2024-27285
YARD's default template vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in generated frames.html
Vulnerability Description
YARD is a Ruby Documentation tool. The "frames.html" file within the Yard Doc's generated documentation is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks due to inadequate sanitization of user input within the JavaScript segment of the "frames.erb" template file. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.36.
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
- https://github.com/lsegal/yard/security/advisories/GHSA-8mq4-9jjh-9xrc
- https://github.com/lsegal/yard/pull/1538
- https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/1fcb2d8b316caf8779cfdcf910715e9ab583f0aa
- https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/2069e2bf08293bda2fcc78f7d0698af6354054be
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/yard/CVE-2024-27285.yml
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00006.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MR3Z2E2UIZZ7YOR7R645EVSBGWMB2RGA/
Affected Vendor
lsegal
View all reports →Affected Software
yard
Vulnerable Versions:
< 0.9.36
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 28th, 2024
Last Modified:
February 13th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N