Name: CVE-2020-26298: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-26298, CWE-74, CWE-79, CVSS 6.8, EPSS 0.01589

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade ruby-redcarpet	Jan 18, 2021	Jan 11, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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