lib/thumbshooter.rb in the Thumbshooter 0.1.5 gem for Ruby allows remote attackers to…
Priority LOW 37CWE-94Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
lib/thumbshooter.rb in the Thumbshooter 0.1.5 gem for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02128 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | thumbshooter (RubyGems) | up to 0.1.5 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-7fqj-cg79-f2pv |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- thumbshooter (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected up to 0.1.5 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-7fqj-cg79-f2pv
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-1898
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7fqj-cg79-f2pv
References
Other 7
- http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/thumbshooter-ruby-gem-remoteexec.html
- 20130326 Ruby gem Thumbshooter 0.1.5 remote command execution
- 91839
- [oss-security] 20130326 Ruby gem Thumbshooter 0.1.5 remote code execution
- [oss-security] 20130326 Re: Ruby gem Thumbshooter 0.1.5 remote code execution
- https://github.com/digineo/thumbshooter
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/thumbshooter/CVE-2013-1898.yml
Sources
- CVE-2013-1898 · CVE Program
- CVE-2013-1898 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7fqj-cg79-f2pv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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