How severe is CVE-2020-15169?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of MEDIUM with a CVSS score of 6.1 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2020-15169?

This is classified as CWE-79, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2020-15169 - MEDIUM Severity | CVSS 6.1

Vulnerability Description

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.

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