geminabox 0.5.1

3 security vulnerabilities found in version 0.5.1

Gem in a Box vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery

high severity CVE-2017-14683
high severity CVE-2017-14683
Patched versions: >= 0.13.7

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

Stored XSS in "geminabox" via injection in Gemspec "homepage" value

medium severity CVE-2017-16792
medium severity CVE-2017-16792
Patched versions: >= 0.13.10

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in "geminabox" (Gem in a Box) allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script via a crafted JavaScript URL in the "homepage" value of a ".gemspec" file.

A ".gemspec" file must be created with a JavaScript URL in the homepage value. This can be used to build a gem for upload to the Geminabox server, in order to achieve stored XSS via the gem hyperlink.

Gem in a Box vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

medium severity CVE-2017-14506
medium severity CVE-2017-14506
Patched versions: >= 0.13.6

geminabox (aka Gem in a Box) before 0.13.6 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS), as demonstrated by uploading a gem file that has a crafted gem.homepage value in its .gemspec file.

No officially reported memory leakage issues detected.


This gem version does not have any officially reported memory leaked issues.

Gem version without a license.


Unless a license that specifies otherwise is included, nobody can use, copy, distribute, or modify this library without being at risk of take-downs, shake-downs, or litigation.

This gem version is available.


This gem version has not been yanked and is still available for usage.