CVE-2020-8159

There is a vulnerability in actionpack_page-caching gem < v1.2.1 that allows an attacker to write arbitrary files to a web server, potentially resulting in remote code execution if the attacker can write unescaped ERB to a view.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/CFRVkEytdP8
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00019.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:actionpack_page-caching:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:26

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	{'url': 'https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/CFRVkEytdP8', 'name': 'https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/CFRVkEytdP8', 'tags': ['Exploit', 'Mailing List', 'Patch', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}	() https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/CFRVkEytdP8 -

05 Apr 2022, 15:02

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Debian Debian debian Linux
References		(MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00019.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2020-05-12 13:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:27

NVD link : CVE-2020-8159

Mitre link : CVE-2020-8159

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-8159

JSON object : View

Products Affected

rubyonrails

actionpack_page-caching

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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