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Gemirro Stored XSS in Gemspec "homepage" value

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 29, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 29, 2023

Package

bundler gemirro (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 0.16.0

Patched versions

0.16.0

Description

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gemirro before 0.16.0 allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script via a crafted javascript: URL in the "homepage" value of a ".gemspec" file.
A ".gemspec" file must be created with a JavaScript URL in the homepage value. This can be used to build a gem for upload to the Gemirro server, in order to achieve stored XSS via the author name hyperlink.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 29, 2017
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Aug 29, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

0.079%
(35th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-16833

GHSA ID

GHSA-x7p2-x2j6-mwhr

Source code

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