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Advisory details: vulnrichment / CVE-2019-5418
Advisory ID vulnrichment/CVE-2019-5418
Aliases
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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.5
ssvc Attend
Data source KEV
Date added July 7, 2025
Description Rails Ruby on Rails contains a path traversal vulnerability in Action View. Specially crafted accept headers in combination with calls to `render file:` can cause arbitrary files on the target server to be rendered, disclosing the file contents.
Required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Due date July 28, 2025
Note
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/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5418
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Data source Metasploit
Description This module uses a path traversal vulnerability in Ruby on Rails versions =< 5.2.2 to read files on a target server.
Note
AKA:
  - DoubleTap
Stability:
  - unknown-stability
Reliability:
  - unknown-reliability
SideEffects:
  - unknown-side-effects
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source URL https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/rails_doubletap_file_read.rb
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added March 21, 2019
Description Rails 5.2.1 - Arbitrary File Content Disclosure
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date March 21, 2019
Exploit type webapps
Platform multiple
Source update date March 21, 2019

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at None
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2025-07-17T03:55:43Z/ Found at None

Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2025-07-17T03:55:43Z/

Decision: Attend

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2019/5xxx/CVE-2019-5418.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2019-5418

View SSVC decision tree
[{'Exploitation': 'active'},
 {'Automatable': 'yes'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]