CVE-2020-5267

Summary

CVECVE-2020-5267
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-19 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:23:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-80

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Actionview All All All All
Application Rubyonrails Actionview All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2149-1] rails security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Fix possible XSS vector in JS escape helper · rails/rails@033a738 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: rubygem-actiontext-6.0.3.3-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Possible XSS vulnerability in ActionView · Advisory · rails/rails · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - [CVE-2020-5267] Possible XSS vulnerability in ActionView MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0627-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: rubygem-actiontext-6.0.3.3-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 238742 Red Hat Update for Satellite 6.8 release (RHSA-2020:4366)
  • 750577 OpenSUSE Security Update for rmt-server (openSUSE-SU-2020:2000-1)
  • 750580 OpenSUSE Security Update for rmt-server (openSUSE-SU-2020:1993-1)
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