#VU20191 Cross-site scripting in RubyGems


Published: 2019-08-13

Vulnerability identifier: #VU20191

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8322

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
RubyGems
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: Ruby

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when displaying contents of the API response directly to stdout. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

RubyGems: 2.6.0 - 3.0.1


External links
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
http://hackerone.com/reports/315087


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.


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