CVE-2014-7818

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 8, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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