Name: CVE-2019-5420: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-5420, CWE-77, CWE-330, Metasploit Module, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.93102

A remote code execution vulnerability in development mode Rails <5.2.2.1, <6.0.0.beta3 can allow an attacker to guess the automatically generated development mode secret token. This secret token can be used in combination with other Rails internals to escalate to a remote code execution exploit.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade rails	Jul 30, 2024	Mar 27, 2019
Ruby_on_rails	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Ruby on Rails	Jan 3, 2020	Mar 27, 2019
Suse	—	Upgrade rmt-serverUpgrade rmt-server-configUpgrade rmt-server-pubcloud	Nov 5, 2020	Mar 27, 2019

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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