XXE in Nokogiri
CVE-2012-6685
Nokogiri before 1.5.4 is vulnerable to XXE attacks
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.022 (82.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Nokogiri
- Red Hat Cloudforms Management Engine — versions 5.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Mrg — versions 2.0
- Red Hat Openshift — versions 2.0
- Red Hat OpenStack — versions 4.0, 6.0
- Red Hat OpenStack Foreman
- Red Hat Satellite — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/693 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- nokogiri.org/CHANGELOG.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-6685?
- CVE-2012-6685 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nokogiri, classified under Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs (XML Entity Expansion). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-19.
- How severe is CVE-2012-6685?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.