Shell Metacharacter Injection in kelredd-pruview

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2013-1947 · GHSA-78j3-7wpm-qhvp · Published 25/04/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-1947 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting kelredd-pruview, kelredd-pruview (kelly d. redding).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 76.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
kelredd-pruview RubyGems	`≤ 0.5.0`	No fix yet
kelredd-pruview kelly_d._redding	`= 0.3.8`	No fix yet

Description

kelredd-pruview gem 0.3.8 for Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename argument to document.rb, video.rb, or video_image.rb.

NVD description

kelredd-pruview gem 0.3.8 for Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename argument to (1) document.rb, (2) video.rb, or (3) video_image.rb.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1947 · ADVISORY
GitHub Advisory GHSA-78j3-7wpm-qhvp · ADVISORY
rubysec/ruby-advisory-db · WEB
vapid.dhs.org/advisories/kelredd-pruview-cmd-inject.html · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/10/3 · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/12/2 · WEB

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