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.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Affected products
- lsegal / yard< 0.9.36 – < 0.9.36
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://github.com/lsegal/yard/security/advisories/GHSA-8mq4-9jjh-9xrc
- PATCHhttps://github.com/lsegal/yard/pull/1538
- PATCHhttps://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/1fcb2d8b316caf8779cfdcf910715e9ab583f0aa
- PATCHhttps://github.com/lsegal/yard/commit/2069e2bf08293bda2fcc78f7d0698af6354054be
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/yard/CVE-2024-27285.yml
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00006.html
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MR3Z2E2UIZZ7YOR7R645EVSBGWMB2RGA/