CVE-2014-0130

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb in the implicit-render implementation in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.18, 4.0.x before 4.0.5, and 4.1.x before 4.1.1, when certain route globbing configurations are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted request.

Published: 2014-05-07 Last update: 2026-04-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-0130 is rated Critical Active Threat (91.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 52.71%, 98th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2022-03-25) affecting Rails / Ruby on Rails. a weakness (CWE-22) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. EPSS rose +2.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

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CISA KEV Record for CVE-2014-0130

Name: Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2022-03-25

Action due: 2022-04-15

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0130

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-26 50.68% 52.71% +2.03%
2 2026-04-23 57.00% 50.68% -6.31%
3 2026-04-22 — 57.00% —

Full EPSS history (44 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0130

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0130

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-0130

GHSA-6x85-j5j2-27jx · Severity: high · Ecosystem: rubygems — actionpack Path Traversal vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0130

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0130
suse medium CVE-2014-0130 severity moderate: SUSE including 9 source package names (rubygem-actionpack-2_3-2.3.17-0.17.1, rubygem-actionpack-3_2-3.2.12-0.15.1, …), 11 product×package rows across 5 product lines (SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4, … (5 product lines)): Fixed 11. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0130/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-0130 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (rails, rails-4.0), 32 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 15, ignored 11, not-affected 4, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0130

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0130

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat subscription_asset_manager <= 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:subscription_asset_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails < 3.2.18 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0130

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