What is CVE-2017-16833?

CVE-2017-16833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gemirro Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-16833?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Gemirro Project

CVE-2017-16833

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gemirro_project Gemirro
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16833?: CVE-2017-16833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gemirro Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-16833?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.