CVE-2020-5267

unknown
Published 2020-03-19 · Modified 2026-03-13
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk

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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-5267

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5267.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:5.2.4.1+dfsg-2
debian debianbullseyefixed2:5.2.4.1+dfsg-2
debian debianforkyfixed2:5.2.4.1+dfsg-2
debian debiansidfixed2:5.2.4.1+dfsg-2
debian debiantrixiefixed2:5.2.4.1+dfsg-2

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsactionview<~> 5.2.4, >= 5.2.4.2~> 5.2.4, >= 5.2.4.2
ruby RubyGemsactionview<5.2.4.25.2.4.2
ruby RubyGemsactionview>=6.0.0,<6.0.2.26.0.2.2

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.