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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXdnNmotcjI4bS03Mjkz

Code backdoor in simple_captcha2

The simple_captcha2 gem 0.2.3 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wg6j-r28m-7293
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: over 5 years ago
Updated: over 1 year ago

CVSS Score: 9.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Percentage: 0.00905
EPSS Percentile: 0.83038

Identifiers: GHSA-wg6j-r28m-7293, CVE-2019-14282
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14282
• https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/issues/2073
• https://rubygems.org/gems/simple_captcha2/versions/
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-SIMPLECAPTCHA2-455501
• https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/simple_captcha2/CVE-2019-14282.yml
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wg6j-r28m-7293

Repository: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org
Blast Radius: 22.2

Affected Packages