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MEDIUM
CVE-2024-27285
YARD Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Description

YARD is a Ruby Documentation tool. The "frames.html" file within the Yard Doc's generated documentation is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks due to inadequate sanitization of user input within the JavaScript segment of the "frames.erb" template file. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.36.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 28, 2024, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 14, 2025, 3:31 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-27285 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-27285 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Yardoc yard

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Updated: 7 months, 4 weeks ago
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Born at : March 24, 2024, 3:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 1214 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-27285 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-27285 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 14, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:yardoc:yard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.9.36
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/1fcb2d8b316caf8779cfdcf910715e9ab583f0aa No Types Assigned https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/1fcb2d8b316caf8779cfdcf910715e9ab583f0aa Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/1fcb2d8b316caf8779cfdcf910715e9ab583f0aa No Types Assigned https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/1fcb2d8b316caf8779cfdcf910715e9ab583f0aa Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/2069e2bf08293bda2fcc78f7d0698af6354054be No Types Assigned https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/2069e2bf08293bda2fcc78f7d0698af6354054be Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/2069e2bf08293bda2fcc78f7d0698af6354054be No Types Assigned https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/2069e2bf08293bda2fcc78f7d0698af6354054be Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lsegal/yard/pull/1538 No Types Assigned https://github.com/lsegal/yard/pull/1538 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lsegal/yard/pull/1538 No Types Assigned https://github.com/lsegal/yard/pull/1538 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lsegal/yard/security/advisories/GHSA-8mq4-9jjh-9xrc No Types Assigned https://github.com/lsegal/yard/security/advisories/GHSA-8mq4-9jjh-9xrc Exploit, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lsegal/yard/security/advisories/GHSA-8mq4-9jjh-9xrc No Types Assigned https://github.com/lsegal/yard/security/advisories/GHSA-8mq4-9jjh-9xrc Exploit, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/yard/CVE-2024-27285.yml No Types Assigned https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/yard/CVE-2024-27285.yml Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/yard/CVE-2024-27285.yml No Types Assigned https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/yard/CVE-2024-27285.yml Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00006.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00006.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00006.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00006.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MR3Z2E2UIZZ7YOR7R645EVSBGWMB2RGA/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MR3Z2E2UIZZ7YOR7R645EVSBGWMB2RGA/ Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MR3Z2E2UIZZ7YOR7R645EVSBGWMB2RGA/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MR3Z2E2UIZZ7YOR7R645EVSBGWMB2RGA/ Mailing List
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/1fcb2d8b316caf8779cfdcf910715e9ab583f0aa
    Added Reference https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/2069e2bf08293bda2fcc78f7d0698af6354054be
    Added Reference https://github.com/lsegal/yard/pull/1538
    Added Reference https://github.com/lsegal/yard/security/advisories/GHSA-8mq4-9jjh-9xrc
    Added Reference https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/yard/CVE-2024-27285.yml
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00006.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MR3Z2E2UIZZ7YOR7R645EVSBGWMB2RGA/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MR3Z2E2UIZZ7YOR7R645EVSBGWMB2RGA/ [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 06, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00006.html [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description YARD is a Ruby Documentation tool. The "frames.html" file within the Yard Doc's generated documentation is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks due to inadequate sanitization of user input within the JavaScript segment of the "frames.erb" template file. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.35. YARD is a Ruby Documentation tool. The "frames.html" file within the Yard Doc's generated documentation is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks due to inadequate sanitization of user input within the JavaScript segment of the "frames.erb" template file. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.36.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/lsegal/yard/pull/1538 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/1fcb2d8b316caf8779cfdcf910715e9ab583f0aa [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/yard/CVE-2024-27285.yml [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 28, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description YARD is a Ruby Documentation tool. The "frames.html" file within the Yard Doc's generated documentation is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks due to inadequate sanitization of user input within the JavaScript segment of the "frames.erb" template file. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.35.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/lsegal/yard/security/advisories/GHSA-8mq4-9jjh-9xrc [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/2069e2bf08293bda2fcc78f7d0698af6354054be [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-79
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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