[CVE-2020-8264] Possible XSS Vulnerability in Action Pack in Development Mode

There is a possible XSS vulnerability in Action Pack while the application server is in development mode. This vulnerability is in the Actionable Exceptions middleware. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2020-8264.

Versions Affected: >= 6.0.0

Not affected: < 6.0.0

Fixed Versions: 6.0.3.4

Impact

When an application is running in development mode, and attacker can send or embed (in another page) a specially crafted URL which can allow the attacker to execute JavaScript in the context of the local application.

Releases

The FIXED releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds

Until such time as the patch can be applied, application developers should disable the Actionable Exceptions middleware in their development environment via a line such as this one in their config/environment/development.rb:

config.middleware.delete ActionDispatch::ActionableExceptions

Patches

To aid users who aren’t able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the two supported release series. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset.

  • 6-0-actionable-exceptions-xss.patch - Patch for 6.0 series

Please note that only the 6.0.x and 5.2.x series are supported at present. Users of earlier unsupported releases are advised to upgrade as soon as possible as we cannot guarantee the continued availability of security fixes for unsupported releases.

Credits

Thank you to ooooooo_q for reporting this issue!

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6-0-actionable-exceptions-xss.patch (1.5 KB)

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