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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-5418 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00011.html CVE, HackerOne Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152178/Rails-5.2.1-Arbitrary-File-Content-Disclosure.html CVE, HackerOne Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/22/1 CVE, HackerOne Mailing List  Mitigation  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0796 CVE, HackerOne Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1147 CVE, HackerOne Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1149 CVE, HackerOne Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1289 CVE, HackerOne Third Party Advisory 
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/pFRKI96Sm8Q CVE, HackerOne Permissions Required 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00042.html CVE, HackerOne Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA/ CVE, HackerOne Third Party 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/ CISA-ADP Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/ CVE, HackerOne Broken Link  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46585/ CVE, HackerOne Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Rails Ruby on Rails Path Traversal Vulnerability 07/07/2025 07/28/2025 Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') HackerOne  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-5418
NVD Published Date:
03/27/2019
NVD Last Modified:
07/09/2025
Source:
HackerOne