CVE-2020-5267

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Published 2020-03-19 · Modified 2026-03-13

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

In ActionView before versions 6.0.2.2 and 5.2.4.2, there is a possible XSS vulnerability in ActionView's JavaScript literal escape helpers. Views that use the `j` or `escape_javascript` methods may be susceptible to XSS attacks. The issue is fixed in versions 6.0.2.2 and 5.2.4.2.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2:5.2.4.1+dfsg-2`
sid	Fixed	`2:5.2.4.1+dfsg-2`
forky	Fixed	`2:5.2.4.1+dfsg-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`2:5.2.4.1+dfsg-2`
bookworm	Fixed	`2:5.2.4.1+dfsg-2`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
RubyGems	actionview	`<~> 5.2.4, >= 5.2.4.2`	`~> 5.2.4, >= 5.2.4.2`
RubyGems	actionview	`<5.2.4.2`	`5.2.4.2`
RubyGems	actionview	`>=6.0.0,<6.0.2.2`	`6.0.2.2`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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