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Vulnerability details: VCID-dzpc-n37z-8ybu
Vulnerability ID VCID-dzpc-n37z-8ybu
Aliases CVE-2017-16792
GHSA-653m-r33x-39ff
Summary Cross-site Scripting A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in `geminabox` (Gem in a Box) allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script via the `homepage` value of a `.gemspec` file, related to `views/gem.erb` and `views/index.erb.`
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00361 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16792
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-653m-r33x-39ff
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
cvssv3 6.1 https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#01310-2017-11-13
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/commit/f8429a9e364658459add170e4ebc7a5d3b4759e7
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/commit/f8429a9e364658459add170e4ebc7a5d3b4759e7
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16792
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16792
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://rubygems.org/gems/geminabox/versions/0.13.10
generic_textual MODERATE https://rubygems.org/gems/geminabox/versions/0.13.10
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16792
https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox
https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#01310-2017-11-13
https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/commit/f8429a9e364658459add170e4ebc7a5d3b4759e7
https://rubygems.org/gems/geminabox/versions/0.13.10
CVE-2017-16792 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16792
GHSA-653m-r33x-39ff https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-653m-r33x-39ff
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N 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:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/commit/f8429a9e364658459add170e4ebc7a5d3b4759e7
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16792
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://rubygems.org/gems/geminabox/versions/0.13.10
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.58506
EPSS Score 0.00361
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:53:13.645062+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/geminabox/CVE-2017-16792.yml 38.6.0