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Vulnerability details: VCID-eesj-5ucw-b7ak
Vulnerability ID VCID-eesj-5ucw-b7ak
Aliases CVE-2017-14506
GHSA-98hq-3qvg-pg78
Summary Cross-site Scripting geminabox (aka Gem in a Box) has an XSS, as demonstrated by uploading a gem file that has a crafted `gem.homepage` value in its `.gemspec` file.
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
cvssv3 5.4 http://baraktawily.blogspot.co.il/2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html
cvssv3.1 5.4 http://baraktawily.blogspot.co.il/2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://baraktawily.blogspot.co.il/2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html
epss 0.00222 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14506
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98hq-3qvg-pg78
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/commit/99aaae196c4fc6ae0df28e186ca1e493ae658e02
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/commit/99aaae196c4fc6ae0df28e186ca1e493ae658e02
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14506
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14506
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-2017-14506
https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox
https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/commit/99aaae196c4fc6ae0df28e186ca1e493ae658e02
CVE-2017-14506 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14506
GHSA-98hq-3qvg-pg78 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98hq-3qvg-pg78
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at http://baraktawily.blogspot.co.il/2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html
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:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox/commit/99aaae196c4fc6ae0df28e186ca1e493ae658e02
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14506
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.44878
EPSS Score 0.00222
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:53:00.821968+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/geminabox/CVE-2017-14506.yml 38.6.0