CVE-2017-10784 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the WEBrick library in Ruby versions before 2.2.8, 2.3.x before 2.3.5, and 2.4.x through 2.4.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject terminal emulator escape sequences into logs via a crafted username during Basic authentication, potentially leading to arbitrary command execution. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.3.0:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.3.0:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.