CVE catalog

CVE-2012-6684

ruby-redcloth: CVE-2012-6684

Severity: Medium
Published: Jan 8, 2015, 1:59:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 2.25% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	ruby-redcloth	sid	`4.3.4-2`	fixed
Debian	ruby-redcloth	forky	`4.3.4-2`	fixed
Debian	ruby-redcloth	trixie	`4.3.4-1`	fixed
Debian	ruby-redcloth	bookworm	`4.3.2-4`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	ruby-redcloth	source	sid	`4.2.9-4`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[774748]
Debian	ruby-redcloth	source	forky	`4.2.9-4`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[774748]
Debian	ruby-redcloth	source	trixie	`4.2.9-4`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[774748]
Debian	ruby-redcloth	source	bookworm	`4.2.9-4`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[774748]

[Debian bug #774748]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[ruby-redcloth]Fixed
Source package: [ruby-redcloth]
Details (2)
- 4.3.2-4+b3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 4.2.9-4
  dsa · ruby-redcloth · debian · bookworm; dsa · ruby-redcloth · debian · 12
- 4.3.2-4+b3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 4.2.9-4
  dsa · ruby-redcloth · debian · bookworm; dsa · ruby-redcloth · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[ruby-redcloth]Fixed
Source package: [ruby-redcloth]
Details (2)
- 4.3.4-1+b2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 4.2.9-4
  dsa · ruby-redcloth · debian · 13
- 4.3.4-1+b2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 4.2.9-4
  dsa · ruby-redcloth · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:07:02 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]