6.1

CVE-2020-15169: XSS in Action View

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2020:2686-1UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15169DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15169
Published 11-09-2020Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-15169 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in action_view_project action_view. EPSS estimates a 2.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.37%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 7
DSA-4766-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1993-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2000-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10589-1RHSA-2021:1313SUSE-SU-2020:3036-1

Timeline

  1. 11-09-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.37% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse4 products
  • rubygem-actionview-4_2&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6-LTSS< 4.2.9-9.12.1
  • rubygem-actionview-4_2&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7< 4.2.9-9.12.1
  • rubygem-actionview-4_2&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8< 4.2.9-9.12.1
  • rubygem-actionview-4_2&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9< 4.2.9-9.12.1
Debian2 products
  • rails< 2:4.2.7.1-1+deb9u4 | < 2:6.0.3.3+dfsg-1
  • debian_linuxEOL10.0
Action_view_project1 product
Fedoraproject1 product
Rails1 product
RubyGems1 product
  • actionview< 5.2.4.4 | ≥ 6.0.0.0, < 6.0.3.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • railsAll versions (No fix recorded)

7 vendors · 11 products

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