Information disclosure in Active Resource - CVE-2020-8151
Published: May 13, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27869
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8151
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Ruby
Affected software:
Active Resource
Active Resource
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the way Active Resource encodes data before querying the back end server. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-8151
Install updates from vendor's website.