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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.

Published

2020-07-02T19:15:12.433

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:38:24.910

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-94
Type: Primary
CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	rubyonrails	rails	< 5.0.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158604/Ruby-On-Rails-5.0.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/hWuKcHyoKh0 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://hackerone.com/reports/304805 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158604/Ruby-On-Rails-5.0.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/hWuKcHyoKh0 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://hackerone.com/reports/304805 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)