CVE-2023-50727 | Resque vulnerable to reflected XSS in Queue Endpoint

Resque is a Redis-backed Ruby library for creating background jobs, placing them on multiple queues, and processing them later. Reflected XSS issue occurs when /queues is appended with /"><svg%20onload=alert(domain)>. This issue has been patched in version 2.6.0.

Published: 2023-12-22 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-50727 is rated Low Risk (38.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.51%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-50727

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 2026-06-15 0.66% 0.51% -0.14%
2 2025-05-12 0.48% 0.66% +0.17%
3 2025-04-15 — 0.48% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-50727

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.1 4.2 [email protected]
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-50727

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-50727

GHSA-r9mq-m72x-257g · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Resque vulnerable to reflected XSS in Queue Endpoint

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-50727

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50727

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-50727

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
resque resque < 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:resque:resque:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

References for CVE-2023-50727

cvelogic Threat Intelligence