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CVE-2017-14683

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14683 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Geminabox (aka Gem in a Box) versions prior to 0.13.7, allowing an attacker to force a user to perform an unintended gem upload. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, 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
<= 0.13.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:geminabox_project:geminabox:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: geminaboxFixed in: 0.13.7

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-qwv2-2x8g-g43ghigh

Gem in a Box vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery

May 13, 2022

References

baraktawily.blogspot.co.il / 2017/09/gem-in-box-xss-vulenrability-cve-2017.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / geminabox/geminabox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Issue TrackingPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory