CVE-2020-8167

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 19, 2020 at 05:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxRails

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

A CSRF vulnerability exists in rails <= 6.0.3 rails-ujs module that could allow attackers to send CSRF tokens to wrong domains.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.2.4.36.0.0 ≤ v < 6.0.3.1
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.2.4.3 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 6.0.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/x9DixQDG9a0
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/189878
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352

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