#VU20190 Cross-site scripting in RubyGems - CVE-2019-8325 

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#VU20190 Cross-site scripting in RubyGems - CVE-2019-8325

Published: August 13, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20190
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8325
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
RubyGems
Software vendor:
Ruby

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing alerts in the Gem::CommandManager#run. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary HTML or JavaScript code.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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