Is actionview affected by CVE-2020-8163?

RubyGems actionview is affected in <4.2.11.3.

Is CVE-2020-8163 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 83.1%.

high

CVE-2020-8163

Q: Is CVE-2020-8163 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 83.1%.

RubyGems · actionview

Summary

Remote code execution via user-provided local names in ActionView

Severity: high
EPSS: 83.1% (p100)
Also known as: GHSA-cr3x-7m39-c6jq, BIT-rails-2020-8163
Published: 2020-07-07

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8163
https://hackerone.com/reports/304805
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2020-8163.yml

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CVE-2019-5418 — high · RubyGems/actionview
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CVE-2022-27777 — medium · RubyGems/actionview
CVE-2020-15169 — medium · RubyGems/actionview
CVE-2020-8167 — medium · RubyGems/actionview
CVE-2020-5267 — medium · RubyGems/actionview

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.