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Curl Gem insufficient URL escaping command injection

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 24, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 29, 2023

Package

bundler curl (RubyGems)

Affected versions

<= 0.0.9

Patched versions

None

Description

lib/curl.rb in the Curl 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 29, 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.
(82nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2013-2617

GHSA ID

GHSA-hxx6-p24v-wg8c

Source code

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