CVE-2020-5267

MEDIUM

Rubyonrails Actionview < 5.2.4.2 - Basic XSS

Title source: rule

Description

In ActionView before versions 6.0.2.2 and 5.2.4.2, there is a possible XSS vulnerability in ActionView's JavaScript literal escape helpers. Views that use the `j` or `escape_javascript` methods may be susceptible to XSS attacks. The issue is fixed in versions 6.0.2.2 and 5.2.4.2.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WRITEUP 1 stars

by GUI · poc

https://github.com/GUI/legacy-rails-CVE-2020-5267-patch

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References (6)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00019.html

[Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/19/1

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/033a738817abd6e446e1b320cb7d1a5c15224e9a

[Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-65cv-r6x7-79hv

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00022.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJ7NUWXAEVRQCROIIBV4C6WXO6IR3KSB/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.0

EPSS 0.0089

EPSS Percentile 75.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-80 CWE-79

Status published

Products (5)

debian/debian_linux 8.0

fedoraproject/fedora 33

opensuse/leap 15.1

rubygems/actionview 0 - 5.2.4.2RubyGems

rubyonrails/actionview < 5.2.4.2

Published Mar 19, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026