Fedora 36 update for rubygem-redcarpet



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-26298
CWE-ID CWE-79
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

rubygem-redcarpet
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU49588

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26298

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 36

rubygem-redcarpet: before 3.3.2-26.fc36

CPE2.3 External links

http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-597f13ffb9


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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