CVE-2011-0449
actionpack/lib/action_view/template/resolver.rb in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.4, when a case-insensitive filesystem is used, does not properly implement filters associated with the list of available templates, which allows remote attackers to bypass…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
actionpack/lib/action_view/template/resolver.rb in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.4, when a case-insensitive filesystem is used, does not properly implement filters associated with the list of available templates, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via an action name that uses an unintended case for alphabetic characters.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.50% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- rubyonrails/rails
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/04345b2e84df5b4f?dmode=source&output=gplain
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43278Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025061
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/new-releases-2-3-11-and-3-0-4Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0877
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/04345b2e84df5b4f?dmode=source&output=gplain
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43278Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025061
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/new-releases-2-3-11-and-3-0-4Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0877
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.