6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-15169
Ruby on Rails Action View Translation Helpers Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 11, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:04 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-15169 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-15169 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 Rubyonrails rails
2 Rubyonrails actionview
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Action_view_project action_view

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 5 months, 3 weeks ago
8 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2022, 7:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 943 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
34 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months ago
19 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1052 different CVEs too.

None

Ruby JavaScript CSS SCSS HTML

Updated: 4 years, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 8, 2020, 3:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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Python

Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago
176 stars 24 fork 24 watcher
Born at : June 15, 2020, 2:56 p.m. This repo has been linked 692 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-15169 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-15169 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00015.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJ7NUWXAEVRQCROIIBV4C6WXO6IR3KSB/
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766
  • 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 GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJ7NUWXAEVRQCROIIBV4C6WXO6IR3KSB/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XJ7NUWXAEVRQCROIIBV4C6WXO6IR3KSB/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00015.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XJ7NUWXAEVRQCROIIBV4C6WXO6IR3KSB/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XJ7NUWXAEVRQCROIIBV4C6WXO6IR3KSB/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rails:action_view:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.2.4.4 *cpe:2.3:a:rails:action_view:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* versions from (including) 6.0.0.0 up to (excluding) 6.0.3.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.2.4.4 *cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* versions from (including) 6.0.0.0 up to (excluding) 6.0.3.3
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XJ7NUWXAEVRQCROIIBV4C6WXO6IR3KSB/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5 No Types Assigned https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rails:action_view:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.2.4.4 *cpe:2.3:a:rails:action_view:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* versions from (including) 6.0.0.0 up to (excluding) 6.0.3.3
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-2020-15169 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.21 }} -1.98%

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0.58393

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