VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-11879

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.55%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-05-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

The WEBrick gem 1.4.2 for Ruby allows directory traversal if the attacker once had local access to create a symlink to a location outside of the web root directory. NOTE: The vendor states that this is analogous to Options FollowSymlinks in the Apache HTTP Server, and therefore it is "not a problem.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22

Primary references