CVE-2020-36190 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

RailsAdmin (aka rails_admin) before 1.4.3 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows XSS via nested forms.

Published: 2021-01-12

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:rails_admin_project:rails_admin::::::ruby::*
	cpe:2.3:a:rails_admin_project:rails_admin::::::ruby::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-0521	RailsAdmin (aka rails_admin) before 1.4.3 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows XSS via nested forms.
Github GHSA	GHSA-wjx2-7hqq-8h7m	rails_admin ruby gem XSS vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01278.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/blob/master/README.md
https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/commit/d72090ec6a07c3b9b7b48ab50f3d405f91ff4375
https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/compare/v1.4.2...v1.4.3

History

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Subscriptions

Rails Admin Project Rails Admin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-01-12T19:38:20.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:23:09.572Z

Reserved: 2021-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-36190

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-12T20:15:24.697

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:14:58.150

Link: CVE-2020-36190

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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