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CVE-2013-4457

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4457 describes a command injection vulnerability in the Cocaine Ruby gem versions 0.4.0 through 0.5.2. Attackers can execute arbitrary commands by crafting a malicious hash object, exploiting recursive variable interpolation. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity risk with network access, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:thoughtbot:cocaine:0.4.0:-:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
0.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:thoughtbot:cocaine:0.4.1:-:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
0.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:thoughtbot:cocaine:0.4.2:-:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:thoughtbot:cocaine:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:thoughtbot:cocaine:0.5.1:-:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0200 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: cocaineFixed in: 0.5.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-c43v-hrmg-56r4medium

Cocaine Gem OS Command Injection vulnerability

Oct 24, 2017

References

osvdb.org / 98835
secunia.com / advisories/55365
Vendor Advisory
github.com / thoughtbot/cocaine/blob/master/NEWS.md
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/10/22/10