CVE-2014-0130
High 7.5 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.5 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 54% (percentile: 99) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-22
Affected products
redhat: subscription asset manager; redhat: enterprise linux server; rubyonrails: rails
References
- http://matasano.com/research/AnatomyOfRailsVuln-CVE-2014-0130.pdf Broken LinkTechnical Description
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67244 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/NkKc7vTW70… Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
- http://matasano.com/research/AnatomyOfRailsVuln-CVE-2014-0130.pdf Broken LinkTechnical Description
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67244 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/NkKc7vTW70… Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014… US Government Resource