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.
Published 2016-02-16 02:59:07
Updated 2024-07-16 17:56:10
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Directory traversal

Products affected by CVE-2016-0752

Threat overview for CVE-2016-0752

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2016-0752
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 80
IPs affected by CVE-2016-0752 302
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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CVE-2016-0752 is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

CISA vulnerability name:
Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability
CISA required action:
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.
Notes:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0752
Added on 2022-03-25 Action due date 2022-04-15

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-0752

97.19%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 100 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2016-0752

  • Ruby on Rails Dynamic Render File Upload Remote Code Execution
    Disclosure Date: 2016-10-16
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/multi/http/rails_dynamic_render_code_exec
    This module exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in the explicit render method when leveraging user parameters. This module has been tested across multiple versions of Ruby on Rails. The technique used by this module requires the specified endpoint

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-0752

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
10.0
2.9
NIST
7.5
HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.9
3.6
NIST
7.5
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.9
3.6
NIST 2024-07-16

CWE ids for CVE-2016-0752

  • 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.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2016-0752

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