7.5

CVE-2012-6685: nokogiri XML Entity Expansion

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2012-6685DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6685DLA-229-1
Published 19-02-2020Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-6685 is a high (CVSS 7.5) XML Entity Expansion vulnerability in nokogiri. EPSS estimates a 2.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2019:0212

Timeline

  1. 19-02-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Nokogiri before 1.5.4 is vulnerable to XXE attacks

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.17% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Nokogiri

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat7 products
Debian2 products
  • libnokogiri-ruby< 1.4.0-4+deb6u1
  • ruby-nokogiri< 1.5.4-1
Nokogiri1 product
RubyGems1 product
  • nokogiri< 1.5.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • ruby-nokogiri< 1.6.1+ds-1

5 vendors · 12 products

References

8 links