CVE-2017-20159: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

December 31, 2022 (updated January 4, 2023)

A vulnerability was found in rf Keynote up to 0.x. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file lib/keynote/rumble.rb. The manipulation of the argument value leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 05be4356b0a6ca7de48da926a9b997beb5ffeb4a. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-217142 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-399p-vq28-5hg8
github.com/rf-/keynote/commit/05be4356b0a6ca7de48da926a9b997beb5ffeb4a
github.com/rf-/keynote/releases/tag/v1.0.0
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20159
vuldb.com/?ctiid.217142
vuldb.com/?id.217142

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