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Script Injection in Show In Browser gem

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 24, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 13, 2025

Package

bundler show_in_browser (RubyGems)

Affected versions

= 0.0.3

Patched versions

None

Description

The Show In Browser (show_in_browser) gem 0.0.3 for Ruby allows local users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a symlink attack on /tmp/browser.html.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 22, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 24, 2017
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Apr 13, 2025

Severity

Moderate

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.
(18th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2013-2105

GHSA ID

GHSA-9hx9-w2j6-rw76

Source code

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