CVE-2020-8151 (GCVE-0-2020-8151)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-12 13:01 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
There is a possible information disclosure issue in Active Resource <v5.1.1 that could allow an attacker to create specially crafted requests to access data in an unexpected way and possibly leak information.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-200 - Information Disclosure (CWE-200)
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonr… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | https://github.com/rails/activeresource |
Affected:
5.1.1
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