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CVE-2023-50725

Resque vulnerable to reflected XSS in resque-web failed and queues lists

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: December 22, 2023 at 08:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorResque

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

Resque is a Redis-backed Ruby library for creating background jobs, placing them on multiple queues, and processing them later. The following paths in resque-web have been found to be vulnerable to reflected XSS: "/failed/?class=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>" and "/queues/><img src=a onerror=alert(document.cookie)>". This issue has been patched in version 2.2.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%
v < 2.2.1
Affected range stops below 2.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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