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FreeBSD: VID-7B630362-F468-11EA-A96C-08002728F74C (CVE-2020-15169): Rails -- Potential XSS vulnerability

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FreeBSD: VID-7B630362-F468-11EA-A96C-08002728F74C (CVE-2020-15169): Rails -- Potential XSS vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/09/2020
Created
09/15/2020
Added
09/13/2020
Modified
10/20/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-rubygem-actionview52
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-rubygem-actionview60

References

  • CVE-2020-15169

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