What is CVE-2019-14282?

CVE-2019-14282 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Simple Captcha2 Project, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-26.

How severe is CVE-2019-14282?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Simple Captcha2 Project

CVE-2019-14282

The simple_captcha2 gem 0.2.3 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.031 (86.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Simple_captcha2_project Simple_captcha2 — versions 0.2.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14282?: CVE-2019-14282 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Simple Captcha2 Project, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-14282?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.