Kurz gesagt
- CVE-2020-26298 ist eine Schwachstelle (MITTEL (CVSS 5.4)) in redcarpet, redcarpet (redcarpet project).
- Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Ausnutzung in den nächsten 30 Tagen (EPSS): 1.6%, höher als bei 75.7% aller Schwachstellen.
- Abhilfe: auf 3.5.1 oder neuer aktualisieren.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| redcarpet RubyGems | < 3.5.1
| 3.5.1
|
| redcarpet | < 3.5.1
| 3.5.1
|
Description
Redcarpet is a Ruby library for Markdown processing. In Redcarpet before version 3.5.1, there is an injection vulnerability which can enable a cross-site scripting attack. In affected versions no HTML escaping was being performed when processing quotes. This applies even when the :escape_html option was being used. This is fixed in version 3.5.1 by the referenced commit.
NVD description
Redcarpet is a Ruby library for Markdown processing. In Redcarpet before version 3.5.1, there is an injection vulnerability which can enable a cross-site scripting attack. In affected versions no HTML escaping was being performed when processing quotes. This applies even when the `:escape_html` option was being used. This is fixed in version 3.5.1 by the referenced commit.
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