CVE-2020-15169

NameCVE-2020-15169
DescriptionIn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2403-1, DSA-4766-1, ELA-295-1
Debian Bugs970040

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rails (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:4.1.8-1+deb8u9fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch2:4.2.7.1-1+deb9u5fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1+deb10u5fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u2fixed
bookworm2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-2~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
railssourcejessie2:4.1.8-1+deb8u8ELA-295-1
railssourcestretch2:4.2.7.1-1+deb9u4DLA-2403-1
railssourcebuster2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1+deb10u2DSA-4766-1
railssource(unstable)2:6.0.3.3+dfsg-1970040

Notes

https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2020-15169.yml
https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/b-C9kSGXYrc?pli=1
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/e663f084460ea56c55c3dc76f78c7caeddeeb02e (master)
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/aaa7ab1320330b3c4fa8f0fbda716dcfa21e3d65 (5.2)

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