Path Traversal in Rubyonrails Rails
CVE-2014-7818
Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.20, 4.0.x before 4.0.11, 4.1.x before 4.1.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.beta3, when serve_static_assets is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application root via a /..%2F sequence.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (88.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Rubyonrails Rails — versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
- Rubyonrails Ruby On Rails — versions 3.0.4, 3.2.19
- openSUSE — versions 12.3, 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
- Abinandhini-cpu/VulnerableRubyrepo2
- CherMB/test-data-ingestion-service
- CherMB/test-data-ingestion-service-1
- CherMB/test-qa-blackduck
- bibin-paul-trustme/ruby_
- jasnow/585-652-ruby-advisory-db
- rubysec/ruby-advisory-db
- shunmugadigialert/ruby5
- tdunning/github-advisory-parser
- zhangyongbo100/-Ruby-dl-handle.c-CVE-2009-5147-
References
- puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html (vendor-advisory)
- groups.google.com/forum/message/raw (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-7818?
- CVE-2014-7818 is a vulnerability in Rubyonrails Rails, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2014-11-08.
- Is CVE-2014-7818 known to be exploited?
- 10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.