CVE-2019-5418
Rails Ruby on Rails Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Published
- Mar 27, 2019
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- hackerone
- Evidence observed
- Mar 21, 2019
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.9%
- Model date
- Oct 15, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
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.
Sources
modules/auxiliary/gather/rails_doubletap_file_read.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- verification: check_declared($.auxiliary_gather/rails_doubletap_file_read.check)
rails/CVE-2019-5418
Ruby on Rails Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Read (CVE-2019-5418)
Vulhub vulnerability labs- Rails File Content DisclosureTemplate
http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-5418.yaml
Nuclei TemplatesDeclared conditions
- network: http($.protocol_keys)
- verification: regex,status($.matchers[*].type)
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