SCA: security update for actionview (GHSA-65cv-r6x7-79hv)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423570

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- In ActionView before versions 6.0.2.2 and 5.2.4.2, there is a possible XSS vulnerability in ActionView's
JavaScript literal escape helpers. Views that use the `j` or `escape_javascript` methods may be
susceptible to XSS attacks. The issue is fixed in versions 6.0.2.2 and 5.2.4.2. (CVE-2020-5267)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-65cv-r6x7-79hv

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423570

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5267

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5267

cwe: CWE-80