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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

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS98.51% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-22
On CISA KEVyes — remediate by 2025-07-28
Public exploityes
Published2019-03-27
Last modified2026-06-17

CISA KEV

NameRails Ruby on Rails Path Traversal Vulnerability
Added2025-07-07
Due2025-07-28
Vendor / productRails / Ruby on Rails
Ransomware usenone reported

Affected (6)

VendorProduct
debiandebian linux
fedoraprojectfedora
opensuseleap
redhatcloudforms
redhatsoftware collections
rubyonrailsrails

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbRails 5.2.1 - Arbitrary File Content Disclosure2019-03-21

References

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