Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-2615

RCE

Title: Rubygems Fastreader RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-2615.

CWE Category CWE-94

Published Date Mar 20, 2013

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.00%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-2615: 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.

Impacted Vendors

rubygems 1

Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120776/Ruby-Gem-Fastreader-1.0.8-Command-Execution.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120845/Ruby-Gem-Fastreader-1.0.8-Code-Execution.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/122 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/19/9 http://www.osvdb.org/91232 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120776/Ruby-Gem-Fastreader-1.0.8-Command-Execution.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120845/Ruby-Gem-Fastreader-1.0.8-Code-Execution.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/122 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/19/9 http://www.osvdb.org/91232

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-2615 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 20, 2013 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.