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TI-2020-11941 Aliases CVE-2020-15169GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5

XSS in Action View

Priority LOW 32CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02372 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial actionview (rails): 5.2.4.4, 6.0.3.3actionview (RubyGems): 5.2.4.4, 6.0.3.3Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Railsactionviewbefore 5.2.4.4; 6.0.0.0 to before 6.0.3.35.2.4.4, 6.0.3.3Patch availableCNA
—actionview (RubyGems)before 5.2.4.45.2.4.4Patch availableGHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5
—actionview (RubyGems)6.0.0.0 to before 6.0.3.36.0.3.3Patch availableGHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5
  • actionview VendorRails Affected before 5.2.4.4; 6.0.0.0 to before 6.0.3.3 Fixed in 5.2.4.4, 6.0.3.3 Patch available CNA
  • actionview (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 5.2.4.4 Fixed in 5.2.4.4 Patch available GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5
  • actionview (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0.0 to before 6.0.3.3 Fixed in 6.0.3.3 Patch available GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*before 5.2.4.4; 6.0.0.0 to before 6.0.3.3VulnerableAction View Project
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*33VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* Versions before 5.2.4.4; 6.0.0.0 to before 6.0.3.3 Vulnerable ·Action View Project
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 33 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA actionview (rails) Fixed in 5.2.4.4, 6.0.3.3
  • Fix · GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5 actionview (RubyGems) Fixed in 5.2.4.4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5 actionview (RubyGems) Fixed in 6.0.3.3 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2021:1313 Released 2021-04-21 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Satellite 6.9 Release
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.9 ansible-collection-redhat-satellite-2.0.1-1.el7sat, ansible-runner-1.4.6-1.el7ar, ansiblerole-foreman_scap_client-0.1.0-1.el7sat +47
    • Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.9 ansible-collection-redhat-satellite-2.0.1-1.el7sat, ansible-runner-1.4.6-1.el7ar, ansiblerole-foreman_scap_client-0.1.0-1.el7sat +47

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
CloudForms Management Engine 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6.9Fixed RHSA-2021:1313
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.9Fixed RHSA-2021:1313

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15169
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 5

  • TI-2014-00124 Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb in the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-03828 Path traversal in Rails https://github.com/rails/rails KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-00672 Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-03830 Command injection in Rails https://github.com/rails/rails CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-47043 Action Pack: Possible arbitrary file read and remote code execution in Active Storage variant processing CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
  • TI-2025-18040 Command injection in Rails activestorage CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
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Sources

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