GHSA-wg6j-r28m-7293

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    GHSA-wg6j-r28m-7293

    Published: 31 Jul 2019Last Modified: 13 Mar 2026

    Summary: Code backdoor in simple_captcha2

    Details: The simple_captcha2 gem 0.2.3 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14282, https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/issues/2073, https://github.com/pludoni/simple-captcha, https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/simple_captcha2/CVE-2019-14282.yml, https://rubygems.org/gems/simple_captcha2/versions, https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-SIMPLECAPTCHA2-455501

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: simple_captcha2

    Purl: pkg:gem/simple_captcha2

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.2.3

    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