CVE-2020-5217
In Secure Headers (RubyGem secure_headers), a directive injection vulnerability is present in versions before 3.8.0, 5.1.0, and 6.2.0. If user-supplied input was passed into append/override_content_security_policy_directives, a semicolon could be injected leading to directive injection. This could be used to e.g. override a script-src directive. Duplicate directives are ignored and the first one wins. The directives in secure_headers are sorted alphabetically so they pretty much all come before script-src.
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A previously undefined directive would receive a value even if SecureHeaders::OPT_OUT was supplied. The fixed versions will silently convert the semicolons to spaces and emit a deprecation warning when this happens. This will result in innocuous browser console messages if being exploited/accidentally used. In future releases, we will raise application errors resulting in 500s. Depending on what major version you are using, the fixed versions are 6.2.0, 5.1.0, 3.8.0.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 5.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.83%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 78
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Impacto principal
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution - Impacto secundario
T1185Browser Session Hijackingcollection
Fuente: mapeo oficial MITRE CTID (CVE → ATT&CK).
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-95
- CWE-74
Referencias
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/commit/936a160e3e9659737a9f9eafce13eea36b5c9fa3
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/issues/418
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/pull/421
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/security/advisories/GHSA-xq52-rv6w-397c
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/commit/936a160e3e9659737a9f9eafce13eea36b5c9fa3
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/issues/418
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/pull/421
- https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/security/advisories/GHSA-xq52-rv6w-397c
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