CVE-2019-5418

HIGHCISA KEV

7.5

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published3/27/2019

Last Modified10/30/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorRails

ProductRuby on Rails

Vulnerability NameRails Ruby on Rails Path Traversal Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2025-07-07

Remediation Due Date2025-07-28

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxfedoraproject:fedoraopensuse:leapredhat:cloudformsredhat:software_collectionsrubyonrails:rails

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00011.html(support@hackerone.com)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152178/Rails-5.2.1-Arbitrary-File-Content-Disclosure.html(support@hackerone.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/22/1(support@hackerone.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0796(support@hackerone.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1147(support@hackerone.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1149(support@hackerone.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1289(support@hackerone.com)

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/pFRKI96Sm8Q(support@hackerone.com)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00042.html(support@hackerone.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA/(support@hackerone.com)

https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/(support@hackerone.com)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46585/(support@hackerone.com)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00011.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152178/Rails-5.2.1-Arbitrary-File-Content-Disclosure.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/22/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0796(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1147(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1149(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1289(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/pFRKI96Sm8Q(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00042.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46585/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

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/(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-5418(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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