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CVE-2013-6421

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-6421 describes a command injection vulnerability in the unpack_zip function of the sprout gem 0.7.246 for Ruby. Attackers can execute arbitrary commands by embedding shell metacharacters within filenames or paths of a malicious zip archive. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with network access, low attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.7.246CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:projectsprouts:sprout:0.7.246:-:-:*:-:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0197 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-229r-pqp6-8w6ghigh

sprout Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability

Oct 24, 2017

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2013-12/0077.html
vapid.dhs.org / advisories/sprout-0.7.246-command-inj.html
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/12/03/1
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/12/03/6
Exploit