Critical severity · published May 12, 2020
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…
9.8
CVSS
5.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.4% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AP
Actionpack Page-caching · Rubyonrails
before 1.2.1 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8159
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8159
groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/CFRVkEytdP8
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00019.html
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