Ruby on Rails is prone to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability.
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113718");
script_version("2020-07-16T09:26:29+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2020-07-16 09:26:29 +0000 (Thu, 16 Jul 2020)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-07-06 10:24:47 +0000 (Mon, 06 Jul 2020)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-8163");
script_name("Ruby on Rails < 5.0.1 RCE Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_rails_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("rails/detected", "Host/runs_windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Ruby on Rails is prone to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by
sending a specially crafted 'render' call.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation would allow an attacker
to execute arbitrary code on the target machine.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Ruby on Rails through version 5.0.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.0.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://hackerone.com/reports/304805");
exit(0);
}
CPE = "cpe:/a:rubyonrails:rails";
include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "5.0.1" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.0.1", install_path: location );
security_message( data: report, port: port );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );