CVE-2020-5216
What it is
In Secure Headers (RubyGem secure_headers), a directive injection vulnerability is present in versions before 3.9.0, 5.2.0, and 6.3.0. If user-supplied input was passed into append/override_content_security_policy_directives, a newline could be injected leading to limited header injection. Upon seeing a newline in the header, rails will silently create a new Content-Security-Policy header with the remaining value of the original string. It will continue to create new headers for each newline. This has been fixed in 6.3.0, 5.2.0, and 3.9.0.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.4 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-113
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Twitter Secure Headers < 3.9.0
- Twitter Secure Headers < 5.2.0
- Twitter Secure Headers < 6.3.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 4.4
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/commit/301695706f6a70517c2a90c6ef9b32178440a2d0
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/security/advisories/GHSA-w978-rmpf-qmwg
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/commit/301695706f6a70517c2a90c6ef9b32178440a2d0
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/security/advisories/GHSA-w978-rmpf-qmwg
References
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/commit/301695706f6a70517c2a90c6ef9b32178440a2d0
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/security/advisories/GHSA-w978-rmpf-qmwg
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/commit/301695706f6a70517c2a90c6ef9b32178440a2d0
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/security/advisories/GHSA-w978-rmpf-qmwg