CVEs / CVE-2014-0130

CVE-2014-0130: Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 25 Mar 2022
high 7.5 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
EPSS 53.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
Last changed at its sources 17 Jun 2026

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Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb in the implicit-render implementation in Ruby on Rails allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted request.
CISA, Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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.
The CVE record, via NVD · published 7 May 2014 · NVD status: Analyzed

Affected and fixed versions

As stated by the CVE record (from the CNA)
Product	Affected	Fixed in
n/a n/a	n/a	—

Exploitation

In CISA KEV since	25 Mar 2022
Due date for US federal agencies	15 Apr 2022
Used in ransomware campaigns	Unknown
Required action	Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity

CVSS 3.1	7.5 high `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N` Scored by NVD
Weakness	CWE-22

References

CVE-2014-0130 on NVD
CVE-2014-0130 in the CISA KEV catalog
http://matasano.com/research/AnatomyOfRailsVuln-CVE-2014-0130.pdf Broken Link, Technical Description
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67244 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/NkKc7vTW70o/NxW_PDBSG3AJ Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0130 US Government Resource

Sources

Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.

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