TI-2012-05389 Aliases CVE-2012-6684 GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the RedCloth library 4.2.9 for Ruby and…

LOW 24CWE-79Published 2015-01-08 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Partial · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02253 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Partial RedCloth (RubyGems): 4.3.0Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	RedCloth (RubyGems)	before 4.3.0	4.3.0	Patch available	GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
RedCloth (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 4.3.0 Fixed in 4.3.0 Patch available GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:redcloth:redcloth_library::::::ruby::*	up to 4.2.9	Vulnerable	Redcloth
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*	7.0	Vulnerable	Debian

cpe:2.3:a:redcloth:redcloth_library:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* Versions up to 4.2.9 Vulnerable ·Redcloth
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2 RedCloth (RubyGems) Fixed in 4.3.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager	Affected	No fix yet

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-6684
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r23g-3qw4-gfh2

References

Exploit 1

20141211 RedCloth contains unfixed XSS vulnerability for 9 years

Patch 1

https://gist.github.com/co3k/75b3cb416c342aa1414c

Advisory 3

Other 4

Sources

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