CVE-2019-17268 — Vulnerability in omniauth-weibo-oauth2 — CVE Details

CRITICAL

omniauth-weibo-oauth2 included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party

Published May 24, 2022Updated November 8, 2023Source: osv

Summary

The omniauth-weibo-oauth2 gem 0.4.6 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. Versions through 0.4.5, and 0.5.1 and later, are unaffected.

Advisory Timeline

First published May 24, 2022 (1602 days ago).
Last revised November 8, 2023 — 532 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler

Update omniauth-weibo-oauth2 to 0.5.1 or later

gem install omniauth-weibo-oauth2 -v 0.5.1

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
omniauth-weibo-oauth2	rubygems	All versions	0.5.1

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-94
Code InjectionMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-17268?: omniauth-weibo-oauth2 included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
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Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-vr22-43gj-rx3f

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