CVE-2018-1000078: Cross-site Scripting

March 13, 2018 (updated May 20, 2019)

RubyGems contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage attribute that can result in XSS. This attack appears to be exploitable by the victim browsing to a malicious gem on a vulnerable gem server.

References

blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000078

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