CVE-2019-5418
high · 7.5Actively exploitedOn the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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Added 2025-07-07Remediation due 2025-07-28
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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.
7.5
CVSS
98.5%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2019-03-27
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| rubyonrails | rails | >= 3.0.0, < 4.2.11.1 |
| rubyonrails | rails | >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.7.2 |
| rubyonrails | rails | >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.6.2 |
| rubyonrails | rails | >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.2.1 |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
| redhat | cloudforms | 4.7 |
| opensuse | leap | 15.0 |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 30 |
| redhat | cloudforms | 4.6 |
| redhat | software_collections | 1.0 |
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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
- 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/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190313201629/https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/
Query this programmatically:
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