CVE-2020-15169
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.37% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- action view project/action view · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJ7NUWXAEVRQCROIIBV4C6WXO6IR3KSB/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJ7NUWXAEVRQCROIIBV4C6WXO6IR3KSB/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.