Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting rails package, versions <2:6.0.3.3+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.19% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-RAILS-674182
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed11 Sept 2020

Introduced: 10 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-15169  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 rails to version 2:6.0.3.3+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rails package and not the rails package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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