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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15169

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....

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 rails

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:6.0.3.3+dfsg-1"}]}]

Debian:13 rails

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:6.0.3.3+dfsg-1"}]}]

Debian:14 rails

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:6.0.3.3+dfsg-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org