CVE-2014-7818
actionpack vulnerable to Path Traversal
EPSS 0.22%
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-7818
To remediate CVE-2014-7818, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/rails—upgrade to 2:4.1.8-1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.2.20 or later
Is CVE-2014-7818 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2:4.1.8-1
- >= 3.0.0, < 3.2.20