Vulnerability Details 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. 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.011
EPSS Ranking 77.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.4
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
Products affected by CVE-2020-15169
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.10
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.11
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.12
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.13
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.14
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.14.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.14.2
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.15
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.16
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.11.2
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.11.3
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:4.2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.0.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.0.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.0.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.1.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.1.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.2.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.2.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:5.2.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:6.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:6.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:6.0.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:6.0.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:6.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:6.0.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:6.0.3.2
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33