CVE-2017-14506 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

geminabox (aka Gem in a Box) before 0.13.6 has XSS, as demonstrated by uploading a gem file that has a crafted gem.homepage value in its .gemspec file.

Published: 2017-09-25

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:geminabox_project:geminabox:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-3325	geminabox (aka Gem in a Box) before 0.13.6 has XSS, as demonstrated by uploading a gem file that has a crafted gem.homepage value in its .gemspec file.
Github GHSA	GHSA-98hq-3qvg-pg78	Gem in a Box vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0068.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://baraktawily.blogspot.co.il/2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html
https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

History

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Subscriptions

Geminabox Project Geminabox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-25T08:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:27:40.800Z

Reserved: 2017-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14506

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-25T08:29:00.200

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:06:16.877

Link: CVE-2017-14506

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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