CVE-2020-15169

In Action View before versions 5.2.4.4 and 6.0.3.3 there is a potential Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Action View's translation helpers. Views that allow the user to control the default (not found) value of the `t` and `translate` helpers could be susceptible to XSS attacks. When an HTML-unsafe string is passed as the default for a missing translation key named html or ending in _html, the default string is incorrectly marked as HTML-safe and not escaped. This is patched in versions 6.0.3.3 and 5.2.4.4. A workaround without upgrading is proposed in the source advisory.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00015.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJ7NUWXAEVRQCROIIBV4C6WXO6IR3KSB/
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view::::::ruby::*
	cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view::::::ruby::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-09-11 16:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 03:17

NVD link : CVE-2020-15169

Mitre link : CVE-2020-15169

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-15169

JSON object : View

Products Affected

action_view_project

action_view

fedoraproject

fedora

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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