VDB
CVE-2020-15169
CVE-2020-15169
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 1.18% · 79.2th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
1.18%
79.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | rails | 2:5.2.3+dfsg-3, *, 0 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | rails | 2:4.2.9-4, 0, 2:4.2.9-2 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | rails | 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-7, 2:7.2.2.1+dfsg-7, 0 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | rails | 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-3, 0, 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-2build1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | rails | 2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 2:4.2.6-1, 2:4.2.5.2-2 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS | rails | 0, 2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2, * |
Timeline
- CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 1, 2024 PoC Published
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 19, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 20, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 27, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 28, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15169 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2020-15169.yml third-party-advisory
- https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/b-C9kSGXYrc?pli=1 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/e663f084460ea56c55c3dc76f78c7caeddeeb02e third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15169 third-party-advisory