CVE-2020-8159

CRITICAL

actionpack_page-caching < v1.2.1 - Code Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

There is a vulnerability in actionpack_page-caching gem < v1.2.1 that allows an attacker to write arbitrary files to a web server, potentially resulting in remote code execution if the attacker can write unescaped ERB to a view.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00019.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0542
EPSS Percentile 90.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
rubygems/actionpack-page_caching 0 - 1.2.1RubyGems
rubyonrails/actionpack_page-caching < 1.2.1
Published May 12, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026