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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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-2526-1 | ruby-redcarpet security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4831-1 | ruby-redcarpet security update |
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 |
GHSA-q3wr-qw3g-3p4h | Injection/XSS in Redcarpet |
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Solution
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
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
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Github GHSA