CVE-2017-16833

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gemirro before 0.16.0 allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script via a crafted javascript: URL in the "homepage" value of a ".gemspec" file.

Affected products

Gemirro Project Gemirro: before 0.16.0 — fixed in 0.16.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gemirro Project Gemirro 0.16.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/PierreRambaud/gemirro/commit/9659f9b7ce15a723da8e361bd41b9203b19c97de
https://github.com/PierreRambaud/gemirro/commit/9659f9b7ce15a723da8e361bd41b9203b19c97de

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