VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-8163

CVSS score8.8 HIGH

EPSS probability82.47%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2020-07-02

Last modified2026-06-17

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

Description

The is a code injection vulnerability in versions of Rails prior to 5.0.1 that wouldallow an attacker who controlled the `locals` argument of a `render` call to perform a RCE.

Weakness classification

support@hackerone.com: CWE-94
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-94

Primary references

support@hackerone.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
support@hackerone.com — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.com — Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory