CVE-2020-15169 (Medium) detected in actionview-5.2.4.3.gem - autoclosed
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CVE-2020-15169 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - actionview-5.2.4.3.gem
Simple, battle-tested conventions and helpers for building web pages.
Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/actionview-5.2.4.3.gem
Dependency Hierarchy:
- i18n-tasks-0.9.31.gem (Root Library)
- rails-i18n-5.1.3.gem
- railties-5.2.4.3.gem
- actionpack-5.2.4.3.gem
- ❌ actionview-5.2.4.3.gem (Vulnerable Library)
- actionpack-5.2.4.3.gem
- railties-5.2.4.3.gem
- rails-i18n-5.1.3.gem
Found in HEAD commit: aaa6dbcfced79b099ed00c387cd0543e6defb3b9
Found in base branch: master
Vulnerability Details
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.
Publish Date: 2020-09-11
URL: CVE-2020-15169
CVSS 3 Score Details (6.1)
Base Score Metrics:
- Exploitability Metrics:
- Attack Vector: Network
- Attack Complexity: Low
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: Required
- Scope: Changed
- Impact Metrics:
- Confidentiality Impact: Low
- Integrity Impact: Low
- Availability Impact: None
Suggested Fix
Type: Upgrade version
Origin: https://rubygems.org/gems/actionview/versions/6.0.3.3
Release Date: 2020-07-21
Fix Resolution: 6.0.3.3, 5.2.4.4
✔️ This issue was automatically closed by WhiteSource because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the WhiteSource inventory.