CVE-2012-6685 (GCVE-0-2012-6685)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-19 14:41 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Nokogiri before 1.5.4 is vulnerable to XXE attacks
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
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| https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/693 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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| https://nokogiri.org/CHANGELOG.html#154-2012-06-12 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
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