Gem in a Box vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Published: May 13, 2022
SECURITY IDENTIFIERS
- CVE: CVE-2017-14506 (NVD)
- GHSA: GHSA-98hq-3qvg-pg78
- Vendor Advisory: http://baraktawily.blogspot.co.il/2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html
GEM
SEVERITY
CVSS v3.x: 5.4 (Medium)
PATCHED VERSIONS
>= 0.13.6
DESCRIPTION
geminabox (aka Gem in a Box) before 0.13.6 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS), as demonstrated by uploading a gem file that has a crafted gem.homepage value in its .gemspec file.