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Fencer Intel
high 7.5

CVE-2014-0130 kev in the critical feed json

actionpack Path Traversal vulnerability

published 2014-05-07 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-6x85-j5j2-27jx , EUVD-2017-0180

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-03-25
epss
53.7%
EPSS 53.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • rubygems actionpack 3.2.18, 4.0.5, 4.1.1
  • rubyonrails rails 3.2.18, 4.0.5, 4.1.1
  • cfme cloudforms managementengine 5 5.2.4.2-1.el6cf
  • cfme-lib cloudforms managementengine 5 5.2.4.2-1.el6cf
  • cfme-appliance cloudforms managementengine 5 5.2.4.2-1.el6cf
  • mingw32-cfme-host cloudforms managementengine 5 5.2.4.2-1.el6cf
  • ruby193-rubygem-actionpack cloudforms managementengine 5 1:3.2.13-8.el6cf
  • ruby193-rubygem-actionpack RHEL 1 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:3.2.8-5.5.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0816RHSA-2014:0510

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0130 updated cvss 7.5

rubygem-actionpack: directory traversal issue

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Software Collections ror40-rubygem-actionpack Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager rubygem-actionpack
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Management Engine cfme 5.2.4.2-1.el6cf, cfme-lib 5.2.4.2-1.el6cf, cfme-appliance 5.2.4.2-1.el6cf, mingw32-cfme-host 5.2.4.2-1.el6cf, ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.13-8.el6cf
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0816
  • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-5.5.el6 Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-5.5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0510
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Server katello 1.4.3.28-1.el6sam_splice, ruby193-rubygem-i18n 0.6.9-1.el6sam, ruby193-rubygem-mail 2.5.4-1.el6sam, ruby193-rubygem-rack 1.4.5-3.el6sam, ruby193-rubygem-rails 3.2.17-1.el6sam, katello-common 1.4.3.28-1.el6sam_splice, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1863

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Added to CISA KEV
  3. CISA patch deadline
  4. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-04-15 (4 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Rails, Ruby on Rails
CISA name
Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

53.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems actionpack
>=3.0.0, <3.2.18
>=4.0.0, <4.0.5
>=4.1.0, <4.1.1
3.2.18
4.0.5
4.1.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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