CVE-2020-8163 (GCVE-0-2020-8163)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-02 18:35 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:48
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Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-94 - Code Injection (CWE-94)
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://hackerone.com/reports/304805 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158604/Ruby-… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | https://github.com/rails/rails |
Affected:
Fixed in 4.2.11.2
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