CVE-2014-0130
Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- 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
EPSS 53.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.