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Vulnerability details: VCID-y5ky-h79e-tfb8
Vulnerability ID VCID-y5ky-h79e-tfb8
Aliases CVE-2017-14683
GHSA-qwv2-2x8g-g43g
Summary Gem in a Box vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery geminabox (aka Gem in a Box) before 0.13.7 has CSRF, as demonstrated by an unintended gem upload.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 8.8 http://baraktawily.blogspot.co.il/2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html
cvssv3.1 8.8 http://baraktawily.blogspot.co.il/2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html
generic_textual HIGH http://baraktawily.blogspot.co.il/2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html
epss 0.00121 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14683
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qwv2-2x8g-g43g
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/commit/a01c4e8b3403624109499dec75eb6ee30bd01a55
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/commit/a01c4e8b3403624109499dec75eb6ee30bd01a55
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/geminabox/CVE-2017-14683.yml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/geminabox/CVE-2017-14683.yml
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14683
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14683
Reference id Reference type URL
http://baraktawily.blogspot.co.il/2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14683
https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox
https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/commit/a01c4e8b3403624109499dec75eb6ee30bd01a55
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/geminabox/CVE-2017-14683.yml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14683
GHSA-qwv2-2x8g-g43g https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qwv2-2x8g-g43g
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://baraktawily.blogspot.co.il/2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/commit/a01c4e8b3403624109499dec75eb6ee30bd01a55
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/geminabox/CVE-2017-14683.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14683
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.30749
EPSS Score 0.00121
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T09:40:39.764532+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-qwv2-2x8g-g43g/GHSA-qwv2-2x8g-g43g.json 38.6.0