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CVE-2018-1000078 Details

Description

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage attribute that can result in XSS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must browse to a malicious gem on a vulnerable gem server. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html	CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729	CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730	CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731	CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028	CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542	CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591	CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663	CVE
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/66a28b9275551384fdab45f3591a82d6b59952cb	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html	CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html	CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/	CVE
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219	CVE
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259	CVE
http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html	[email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729	[email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730	[email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731	[email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028	[email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542	[email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591	[email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663	[email protected]
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/66a28b9275551384fdab45f3591a82d6b59952cb	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html	[email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html	[email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/	[email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219	[email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
rubygems rubygems	<= 2.2.9 <= 2.3.6 <= 2.4.3 <= 2.5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

18 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 3, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 25, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 18, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 6, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 21, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 20, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 30, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 15, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 10, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 25, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 7, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 6, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 4, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]