CVE-2017-16792

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    CVE-2017-16792

    Published: 13 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in "geminabox" (Gem in a Box) before 0.13.10 allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script via the "homepage" value of a ".gemspec" file, related to views/gem.erb and views/index.erb.

    References: https://rubygems.org/gems/geminabox/versions/0.13.10, https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md, https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/commit/f8429a9e364658459add170e4ebc7a5d3b4759e7

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -ff7321510b8a64943eaa448467965047bc997389

    Affected versions

    v0.13.9
    v0.13.8
    v0.13.7
    v0.13.6
    v0.13.5
    v0.13.4
    v0.13.3
    v0.13.2
    v0.13.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High