GHSA-7xvc-v44j-46fh
geokit-rails Command Injection vulnerability
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | geokit-rails | < 2.5.0 | 2.5.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
Versions of the package geokit-rails before 2.5.0 are vulnerable to Command Injection due to unsafe deserialisation of YAML within the 'geo_location' cookie. This issue can be exploited remotely via a malicious cookie value.
**Note:**
An attacker can use this vulnerability to execute commands on the host system.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26153
- https://github.com/geokit/geokit-rails/commit/7ffc5813e57f6f417987043e1039925fd0865c43
- https://github.com/geokit/geokit-rails/commit/a93dfe49fb9aeae7164e2f8c4041450a04b5482f
- https://gist.github.com/CalumHutton/b7aa1c2e71c8d4386463ac14f686901d
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7xvc-v44j-46fh
- https://github.com/geokit/geokit-rails
- https://github.com/geokit/geokit-rails/blob/master/lib/geokit-rails/ip_geocode_lookup.rb#L37
- https://github.com/geokit/geokit-rails/blob/master/lib/geokit-rails/ip_geocode_lookup.rb%23L37
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/geokit-rails/CVE-2023-26153.yml
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-GEOKITRAILS-5920323