CVE-2013-2615

Exp

lib/entry_controller.rb in the fastreader Gem 1.0.8 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL.

Published: 2013-03-20 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-2615 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.00%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-2615

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2615

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-10 1.75% 1.00% -0.75%
2 2025-03-30 2.58% 1.75% -0.83%
3 2025-03-29 2.58%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2615

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-2615

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-2615

GHSA-w248-xr37-jx8m · Severity: high · Ecosystem: rubygems — fastreader Gem for Ruby URI Handling Arbitrary Command Injection

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2615

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rubygems fastreader 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:fastreader:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2615

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