VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-5379

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.97%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-10-19
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers and ActiveResource servers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and read arbitrary XML files via the Hash.from_xml (Hash#from_xml) method, which uses XmlSimple (XML::Simple) unsafely, as demonstrated by reading passwords from the Pidgin (Gaim) .purple/accounts.xml file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Primary references