CVE-2024-27285 (Medium) detected in yard-0.9.27.gem

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CVE-2024-27285 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - yard-0.9.27.gem

YARD is a documentation generation tool for the Ruby programming language. It enables the user to generate consistent, usable documentation that can be exported to a number of formats very easily, and also supports extending for custom Ruby constructs such as custom class level definitions.

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/yard-0.9.27.gem

Path to dependency file: /Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /em/ruby/2.7.0/cache/yard-0.9.27.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ yard-0.9.27.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2024-02-28

URL: CVE-2024-27285

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.4)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-8mq4-9jjh-9xrc

Release Date: 2024-02-28

Fix Resolution: yard - 0.9.35

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