Malicious Package Affecting simple_captcha2 package, versions =0.2.3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.82% (82nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-SIMPLECAPTCHA2-455501
- published 26 Jul 2019
- disclosed 23 Jul 2019
- credit Ruian Duan
Introduced: 23 Jul 2019
Malicious CVE-2019-14282 Open this link in a new tabOverview
simple_captcha2 is a gem that enables use of CAPTCHA in Rails applications.
The affected version of this package is a Malicious Package.
In simple_captcha2-0.2.3/lib/simple_captcha/middleware.rb there is a code-execution backdoor maliciously inserted by a third party.