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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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2526-1 ruby-redcarpet security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4831-1 ruby-redcarpet security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-0511 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q3wr-qw3g-3p4h Injection/XSS in Redcarpet
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2025-02-13T16:27:42.195Z

Reserved: 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-26298

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-11T19:15:13.133

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:19:47.920

Link: CVE-2020-26298

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-01-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-26298 - Bugzilla

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