Plack::App::File in Plack before 1.0031 removes trailing slash characters from paths, which allows remote attackers to bypass the…

Description

Plack::App::File in Plack before 1.0031 removes trailing slash characters from paths, which allows remote attackers to bypass the whitelist of generated files and obtain sensitive information via a crafted path, related to Plack::Middleware::Static.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.5% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• [oss-security] 20140816 Re: CVE Request: Plack::App::File does not prune trailing slashes: possible code exposure / information disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• FEDORA-2014-9544 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• https://github.com/avar/Plack/commit/bc1731dbb53850c380875ad683cd87c8ec99eee3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 109928 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• https://github.com/plack/Plack/issues/405 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://api.metacpan.org/source/MIYAGAWA/Plack-1.0031/Changes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2014-9542 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred

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)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 11:41 UTC.