Gem in a Box vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery

published 2017-09-25 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-qwv2-2x8g-g43g , EUVD-2022-5050

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits: 0; none known

geminabox (aka Gem in a Box) before 0.13.7 has CSRF, as demonstrated by an unintended gem upload.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 2

rubygems geminabox 0.13.7

github.com/geminabox/geminabox@a01c4e8 commit
github.com/geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md advisory

Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

baraktawily.blogspot.co.il http://baraktawily.blogspot.co.il/2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
rubygems	geminabox	<0.13.7	0.13.7

Classification

Weakness

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

github.com /geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
web, issue-tracking, patch, release-notes, third-party-advisory
github.com /geminabox/geminabox/commit/a01c4e8b3403624109499dec75eb6ee30bd01a55
web
baraktawily.blogspot.co.il /2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html
web, exploit, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14683
advisory
github.com /geminabox/geminabox
package
github.com /rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/geminabox/CVE-2017-14683.yml
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary