VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2014-0130

Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.5EPSS 53.7%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

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.

CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 53.70% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV: Listed 25 March 2022 · due 15 April 2022
Weakness: CWE-22
Affected: redhat/subscription asset manager · redhat/enterprise linux server · rubyonrails/rails
Source: secalert@redhat.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0130

References

http://matasano.com/research/AnatomyOfRailsVuln-CVE-2014-0130.pdfBroken Link, Technical Description
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67244Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/NkKc7vTW70o/NxW_PDBSG3AJBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://matasano.com/research/AnatomyOfRailsVuln-CVE-2014-0130.pdfBroken Link, Technical Description
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67244Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/NkKc7vTW70o/NxW_PDBSG3AJBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0130US Government Resource

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.