What is GHSA-x7p2-x2j6-mwhr?

GHSA-x7p2-x2j6-mwhr is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Gemirro Stored XSS in Gemspec "homepage" value

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-x7p2-x2j6-mwhr cover?

GHSA-x7p2-x2j6-mwhr covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2017-16833. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-x7p2-x2j6-mwhr?

GHSA-x7p2-x2j6-mwhr has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-x7p2-x2j6-mwhr?

GHSA-x7p2-x2j6-mwhr affects 1 product, including: rubygems/gemirro:\u003c 0.16.0.

GHSA-x7p2-x2j6-mwhrMediumCVSS 6.1

Gemirro Stored XSS in Gemspec "homepage" value

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

November 29, 2017

Last Modified

August 29, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-16833 →

📋 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.

🎯 Affected products1

rubygems/gemirro:< 0.16.0

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16833
https://github.com/PierreRambaud/gemirro/commit/9659f9b7ce15a723da8e361bd41b9203b19c97de
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/gemirro/CVE-2017-16833.yml
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x7p2-x2j6-mwhr