CVE-2019-5418
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Mar 27, 2019
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Jan 4, 2019
Description
There is a File Content Disclosure vulnerability in Action View <5.2.2.1, <5.1.6.2, <5.0.7.2, <4.2.11.1 and v3 where specially crafted accept headers can cause contents of arbitrary files on the target system's filesystem to be exposed.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Path Traversal (CWE-22)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
https://github.com/rails/railsRails |
|
References
- 46585exploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152178/Rails-5.2.1-Arbitrary-File-Content-Disclosure.html
- [oss-security] 20190322 [CVE-2019-5418] Amendment: Possible Remote Code Execution Exploit in Action Viewmailing-list
- https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/pFRKI96Sm8Q
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190331 [SECURITY] [DLA 1739-1] rails security updatemailing-list
- RHSA-2019:0796vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1344vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-1cfe24db5cvendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:1149vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:1147vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:1289vendor-advisory
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190313201629/https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-5418government-resource
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