CVE-2019-5418 KEV EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 98.5% (pctl 100)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2025-07-28.
Description
There is a File Content Disclosure vulnerability in Action View <5.2.2.1, <5.1.6.2, <5.0.7.2, <4.2.11.1 and v3 where specially crafted accept headers can cause contents of arbitrary files on the target system's filesystem to be exposed.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 98.51% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2025-07-28 |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2019-03-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Rails Ruby on Rails Path Traversal Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2025-07-07 |
| Due | 2025-07-28 |
| Vendor / product | Rails / Ruby on Rails |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| opensuse | leap |
| redhat | cloudforms |
| redhat | software collections |
| rubyonrails | rails |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Rails 5.2.1 - Arbitrary File Content Disclosure | 2019-03-21 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00011.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152178/Rails-5.2.1-Arbitrary-File-Content-Disclosure.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/22/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0796
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1147
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1149
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1289
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/pFRKI96Sm8Q
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00042.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA/
- https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46585/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00011.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152178/Rails-5.2.1-Arbitrary-File-Content-Disclosure.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/22/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0796
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1147
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1149
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1289
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/pFRKI96Sm8Q
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