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CVE-2017-16792

MEDIUM

CVE-2017-16792 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in geminabox. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2017-16792 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Geminabox contains Cross-site Scripting

Also known asGHSA-653m-r33x-39ff
Published
Nov 13, 2017
Updated
Jul 8, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected
💎geminabox

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Description

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in "geminabox" (Gem in a Box) before 0.13.10 allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script via the "homepage" value of a ".gemspec" file, related to views/gem.erb and views/index.erb.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
💎RubyGemsgeminaboxall versions0.13.10

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for geminabox. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update geminabox to 0.13.10 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2017-16792 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2017-16792 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2017-16792. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in "geminabox" (Gem in a Box) before 0.13.10 allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script via the "homepage" value of a ".gemspec" file, related to views/gem.erb and views/index.erb.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2017-16792 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2017-16792 across RubyGems dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.