VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2014-7818
CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-11-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.20, 4.0.x before 4.0.11, 4.1.x before 4.1.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.beta3, when serve_static_assets is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application root via a /..%2F sequence.
Weakness classification
- CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')