What is CVE-2017-14506?

CVE-2017-14506 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Geminabox Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2017-14506?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-14506 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Geminabox Project

CVE-2017-14506

geminabox (aka Gem in a Box) before 0.13.6 has XSS, as demonstrated by uploading a gem file that has a crafted gem.homepage value in its .gemspec file.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Geminabox_project Geminabox
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14506?: CVE-2017-14506 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Geminabox Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2017-14506?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-14506 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.