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CVE-2013-2105
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…
- 3.3LowCVSS base score
- 0.39%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 66% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 66% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsshow_in_browserGHSA-9hx9-w2j6-rw76 (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- [oss-security] 20130518 Re: Show In Browser 0.0.3 Ruby Gem /tmp file injection vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/show_in_browser.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- showinbrowser-cve20132105-symlink(84378) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-0206 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9hx9-w2j6-rw76 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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