GHSA-XRR4-P6FQ-HJG7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2017-10-24 18:33 – Updated: 2025-10-22 17:35
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Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails
Details

Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method and providing a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:H
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      },
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        "name": "actionview"
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  "database_specific": {
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T22:04:24Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-02-16T02:59:06Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging an application\u0027s unrestricted use of the render method and providing a `..` (dot dot) in a pathname.",
  "id": "GHSA-xrr4-p6fq-hjg7",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T17:35:03Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:35Z",
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      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/335P1DcLG00"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210618005620/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210621170450/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210723192420/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0752"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails"
}


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