Rails · Ruby on Rails
CVE-2014-0130
Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability
CISA KEV record
- CISA date added
- 2022-03-25
- CISA due date
- 2022-04-15
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
NVD risk context
7.5 HIGH
CVSS is a technical severity score. CISA’s KEV status remains the evidence that this vulnerability is known to be exploited.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb in the implicit-render implementation in Ruby on Rails allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted request.
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NVD reference index
Vendor and remediation references
NVD has not tagged a reference for this KEV as a patch, mitigation, release note, or vendor advisory.
Other NVD references (5)
- http://matasano.com/research/AnatomyOfRailsVuln-CVE-2014-0130.pdf ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67244 ↗
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/NkKc7vTW70o/NxW_PDBSG3AJ ↗
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0130 ↗
MITRE CWE context
CWE classification
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
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NVD record timeline
These dates describe NVD’s record, not CISA’s KEV addition or remediation due date.
- NVD published
- May 07, 2014, 10:55 AM UTC When NVD first published this CVE record.
- NVD last updated
- Jun 17, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC When NVD last changed its analysis or record data.
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0130