GHSA-cr3x-7m39-c6jq
Remote code execution via user-provided local names in ActionView
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2020-8163
- Aliases
- BIT-rails-2020-8163
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
The is a code injection vulnerability in versions of Rails prior to 5.0.1 that would allow an attacker who controlled the `locals` argument of a `render` call to perform a RCE.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| RubyGems · actionview | introduced 0, fixed 4.2.11.3 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8163 ADVISORY
- https://hackerone.com/reports/304805 WEB
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2020-8163.yml WEB
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/hWuKcHyoKh0 WEB
- https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/hWuKcHyoKh0 WEB
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00013.html WEB
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158604/Ruby-On-Rails-5.0.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |