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CVE-2014-0130
Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb in the implicit-render implementation in Ruby on Rails…
High7.5Known exploitedEPSS 53.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb in the implicit-render implementation in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.18, 4.0.x before 4.0.5, and 4.1.x before 4.1.1, when certain route globbing configurations are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted request.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability.
- Added
- 25 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 15 Apr 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 53.7% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsactionpackGHSA-6x85-j5j2-27jx (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- RHSA-2014:1863 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://matasano.com/research/AnatomyOfRailsVuln-CVE-2014-0130.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [rubyonrails-security] 20140506 [CVE-2014-0130] Directory Traversal Vulnerability With Certain Route Configurations (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 67244 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0130 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6x85-j5j2-27jx (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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