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Thumbshooter vulnerable to Code Injection

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 24, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 28, 2023

Package

bundler thumbshooter (RubyGems)

Affected versions

<= 0.1.5

Patched versions

None

Description

lib/thumbshooter.rb in the Thumbshooter 0.1.5 gem for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 24, 2017
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Aug 28, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(76th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2013-1898

GHSA ID

GHSA-7fqj-cg79-f2pv

Source code

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