Security advisory

{
  "id": "8f5c460c98846db9adefc8f7877f3c4c257c9bd5e44de15fa6f9213742f66b8c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16833",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-16833",
    "summary": "Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gemirro before 0.16.0 allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script via a crafted javascript: URL in the \"homepage\" value of a \".gemspec\" file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-16833",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-16833",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-16833",
        "GHSA-x7p2-x2j6-mwhr"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/pierrerambaud/gemirro",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1e5660e69e217f555d75b38ea7a2c7f8e8cd2de0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "9659f9b7ce15a723da8e361bd41b9203b19c97de"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gemirro_project:gemirro:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "0.16.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "9659f9b7ce15a723da8e361bd41b9203b19c97de"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.15.0",
            "0.14.0",
            "0.13.5",
            "0.13.4",
            "0.13.3",
            "0.13.2",
            "0.13.1",
            "0.13.0",
            "0.12.0",
            "0.11.0",
            "0.10.5",
            "0.10.3",
            "0.10.2",
            "0.10.1",
            "0.10.0",
            "0.9.1",
            "0.9.0",
            "0.8.1",
            "0.8.0",
            "0.7.0",
            "0.6.0",
            "0.5.0",
            "0.4.0",
            "0.3.0",
            "0.2.0",
            "0.1.0",
            "0.0.2",
            "0.0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16833.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:16.757205441Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/PierreRambaud/gemirro/commit/9659f9b7ce15a723da8e361bd41b9203b19c97de"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-16833",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380240,
  "published_at": "2017-11-15T09:29:00.21+00:00"
}