CVE-2020-8163

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 v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://hackerone.com/reports/304805	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/hWuKcHyoKh0	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00013.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158604/Ruby-On-Rails-5.0.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-07-02 12:15

Updated : 2022-05-24 09:06

NVD link : CVE-2020-8163

Mitre link : CVE-2020-8163

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

rubyonrails

rails

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