CVE-2018-1000078
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—
RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage attribute that can result in XSS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must browse to a malicious gem on a vulnerable gem server. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Base score: 6.1
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.75%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 86
- Score date: 10/5/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- CWE-79
References
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/66a28b9275551384fdab45f3591a82d6b59952cb
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/66a28b9275551384fdab45f3591a82d6b59952cb
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
Raw JSON (NVD)
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