Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2020-8163 — Code Injection in Rails

CWE-94 — Code Injection10 documents9 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
90.9%
top 0.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
4
Rubyonrails RailsRails ActionviewHttps Github.com Rails Rails+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 2
Latest updateJul 26

Description

The is a code injection vulnerability in versions of Rails prior to 5.0.1 that wouldallow an attacker who controlled the `locals` argument of a `render` call to perform a RCE.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶RubyGemsrails/actionview< 4.2.11.3
▶NVDrubyonrails/rails< 5.0.1
▶Debianrubyonrails/rails< 2:5.2.0+dfsg-2+3
▶CVEListV5https/github.com_rails_railsFixed in 4.2.11.2

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

Patches

Patch: groups.google.com ↗Patch: groups.google.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Remote code execution via user-provided local names in ActionView↗2020-07-07
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GHSA
Remote code execution via user-provided local names in ActionView↗2020-07-07
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CVEList
CVE-2020-8163: The is a code injection vulnerability in versions of Rails prior to 5↗2020-07-02
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OSV
CVE-2020-8163: The is a code injection vulnerability in versions of Rails prior to 5↗2020-07-02
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💥Exploits & PoCs

2
Exploit-DB
Rails 5.0.1 - Remote Code Execution↗2020-07-26
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Nuclei
Ruby on Rails <5.0.1 - Remote Code Execution
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
rubygem-rails: potential remote code execution of user-provided local names↗2020-05-15
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Debian
CVE-2020-8163: rails - The is a code injection vulnerability in versions of Rails prior to 5.0.1 that w...↗2020
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8163 rubygem-rails: potential remote code execution of user-provided local names↗2020-06-18
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CVE-2020-8163 — Code Injection in Rubyonrails Rails | cvebase