CVE-2020-15169
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-09-11 15:50
Modified
2024-08-04 13:08
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
XSS in Action View
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJ7NUWXAEVRQCROIIBV4C6WXO6IR3KSB/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
railsactionview
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