High severity · published Feb 19, 2020
CVE-2012-6685
Nokogiri before 1.5.4 is vulnerable to XXE attacks
7.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CM
Cloudforms Management Engine · Redhat
5.0 · source: NVD
EM
Enterprise Mrg · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
NO
Nokogiri · Nokogiri
before 1.5.4 · source: NVD
OP
Openshift · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openstack · Redhat
4.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
OF
Openstack Foreman · Redhat
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SA
Satellite · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
SA
Subscription Asset Manager · Redhat
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6685
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6685
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178970
Exploit
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/693
Release Notes
https://nokogiri.org/CHANGELOG.html#154-2012-06-12
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