CVE-2020-5267

low-risk
Published 2020-03-19

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.89% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.0/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (4)

Actionview

Affected Vendors

Debian Fedoraproject Rubyonrails Opensuse

References (12)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00019.html
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/19/1
Patch https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/033a738817abd6e446e1b320cb7d1a5c15224e9a
Exploit https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-65cv-r6x7-79hv
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00022.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00019.html
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/19/1
Patch https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/033a738817abd6e446e1b320cb7d1a5c15224e9a
Exploit https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-65cv-r6x7-79hv
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00022.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
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low-risk
Severity 13/34 · Low
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low