CVE-2020-8163

Aliases:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8163
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 02 Jul 2020, 18:35
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 09:48

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
62/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
82.05% CRITICAL
82% probability -8.88%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Jul 2020, 18:35
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 09:48
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The is a code injection vulnerability in versions of Rails prior to 5.0.1 that wouldallow an attacker who controlled the `locals` argument of a `render` call to perform a RCE.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 82.05%• Percentile: 100%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-94•Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

    The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

Affected Systems

  • debian•rails

    < 2:5.2.0+dfsg-2 | < 2:5.2.0+dfsg-2 | < 2:5.2.0+dfsg-2 | < 2:5.2.0+dfsg-2

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0

  • rubyonrails•rails

    < 5.0.1

References (5)