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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-36190

RailsAdmin (aka rails_admin) before 1.4.3 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows XSS via nested forms.

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CVE-2020-36190
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31 Oct 2026, 11:26 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-36190

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Jan 2021, 20:15 UTC

RailsAdmin (aka rails_admin) before 1.4.3 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows XSS via nested forms.

osv:CVE-2020-36190
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36190",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "RailsAdmin (aka rails_admin) before 1.4.3 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows XSS via nested forms.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-36190",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                  "fixed": "d72090ec6a07c3b9b7b48ab50f3d405f91ff4375"
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            "v1.2.0",
            "v1.1.1",
            "v1.1.0",
            "v1.0.0",
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            "v0.8.1",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.6.8",
            "v0.6.7",
            "v0.6.6",
            "v0.6.5",
            "v0.6.4",
            "v0.6.3",
            "v0.6.2",
            "v0.6.1",
            "v0.6.0",
            "v0.5.0",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:20.476030760Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/commit/d72090ec6a07c3b9b7b48ab50f3d405f91ff4375",
        "https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/compare/v1.4.2...v1.4.3",
        "https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/blob/master/README.md"
      ],
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    "related_cves": [
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385093,
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}