Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/37586?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/37586?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-hy9h-tebs-gfh2", "summary": "Remote Command Injection\nSome code does not sanitize user supplied input before passing it to the `System()` function for execution. If this API is used in the context of a RoR application remote commands can be injected into the shell if the user supplies shell meta characters like `;` and `&`.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2013-4203" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/51635?format=api", "purl": "pkg:gem/rgpg@0.2.3", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:gem/rgpg@0.2.3" } ], "affected_packages": [], "references": [ { "reference_url": "http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/rgpg-api-rubygem-cmd-inj.html", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/rgpg-api-rubygem-cmd-inj.html" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 1035, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017." }, { "cwe_id": 937, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013." }, { "cwe_id": 94, "name": "Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')", "description": "The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": null, "exploitability": null, "weighted_severity": null, "risk_score": null, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-hy9h-tebs-gfh2" }