CVE-2017-14506: Gem in a Box vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

CVE-2017-14506 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2022-05-13

Gem in a Box vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Technologies: geminabox (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2017-14506 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2017-14506 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2017-14506?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 13 May 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
geminabox (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.13.6.
Is there a fix for CVE-2017-14506?
Yes. geminabox (RubyGems): upgrade to 0.13.6 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2017-14506?
Check whether you run geminabox (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • geminabox (RubyGems): upgrade to 0.13.6 or later
    bundle update geminabox

Affected products

  • geminabox (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.13.6

Identifiers

  • CVE-2017-14506
  • GHSA-98hq-3qvg-pg78

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