9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2020-14001
Kramdown Ruby Template Processing Vulnerability
Description

The kramdown gem before 2.3.0 for Ruby processes the template option inside Kramdown documents by default, which allows unintended read access (such as template="/etc/passwd") or unintended embedded Ruby code execution (such as a string that begins with template="string://<%= `). NOTE: kramdown is used in Jekyll, GitLab Pages, GitHub Pages, and Thredded Forum.

INFO

Published Date :

July 17, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:17 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-14001 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Kramdown_project kramdown

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-14001 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-14001 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r96df7899fbb456fe2705882f710a0c8e8614b573fbffd8d12e3f54d2%40%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KBLTGBYU7NKOUOHDKVCU4GFZMGA6BP4L/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ENMMGKHRQIZ3QKGOMBBBGB6B4LB5I7NQ/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r96df7899fbb456fe2705882f710a0c8e8614b573fbffd8d12e3f54d2@%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ENMMGKHRQIZ3QKGOMBBBGB6B4LB5I7NQ/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KBLTGBYU7NKOUOHDKVCU4GFZMGA6BP4L/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ENMMGKHRQIZ3QKGOMBBBGB6B4LB5I7NQ/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ENMMGKHRQIZ3QKGOMBBBGB6B4LB5I7NQ/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KBLTGBYU7NKOUOHDKVCU4GFZMGA6BP4L/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KBLTGBYU7NKOUOHDKVCU4GFZMGA6BP4L/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4562-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4562-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-74 CWE-862
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 06, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4562-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ENMMGKHRQIZ3QKGOMBBBGB6B4LB5I7NQ/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KBLTGBYU7NKOUOHDKVCU4GFZMGA6BP4L/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 19, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r96df7899fbb456fe2705882f710a0c8e8614b573fbffd8d12e3f54d2@%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r96df7899fbb456fe2705882f710a0c8e8614b573fbffd8d12e3f54d2@%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00014.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0004/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0004/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4743 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4743 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4743 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r96df7899fbb456fe2705882f710a0c8e8614b573fbffd8d12e3f54d2@%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 31, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0004/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 22, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown No Types Assigned https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/commit/1b8fd33c3120bfc6e5164b449e2c2fc9c9306fde No Types Assigned https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/commit/1b8fd33c3120bfc6e5164b449e2c2fc9c9306fde Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/compare/REL_2_2_1...REL_2_3_0 No Types Assigned https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/compare/REL_2_2_1...REL_2_3_0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://kramdown.gettalong.org No Types Assigned https://kramdown.gettalong.org Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://kramdown.gettalong.org/news.html No Types Assigned https://kramdown.gettalong.org/news.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://rubygems.org/gems/kramdown No Types Assigned https://rubygems.org/gems/kramdown Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-74
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kramdown_project:kramdown:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.3.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-14001 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-14001 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.34 }} 0.16%

score

0.86163

percentile

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