CVE-2018-1000078

Aliases:GHSA-87qx-g5wg-mwmjDEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000078
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 22
Modified
Published: 13 Mar 2018, 15:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 12:33

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
25/100
CVSS Score
6.1 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.75% LOW
3% probability +1.93%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Mar 2018, 15:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 12:33
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage attribute that can result in XSS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must browse to a malicious gem on a vulnerable gem server. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.75%• Percentile: 86%

Techniques & Countermeasures

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

    The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Affected Systems

  • debian•jruby

    < 9.1.17.0-1 | < 9.1.17.0-1 | < 9.1.17.0-1

  • debian•rubygems

    < 3.2.0~rc.1-1 | < 3.2.0~rc.1-1 | < 3.2.0~rc.1-1 | < 3.2.0~rc.1-1

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0

  • RubyGems•rubygems-update

    < 2.7.6

  • org.jruby•jruby-stdlib

    < 9.1.16.0

  • rubygems•rubygems

    ≤ 2.2.9 | ≤ 2.3.6 | ≤ 2.4.3 | ≤ 2.5.0

References (23)