| 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 |
| 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. | |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Scope (S) | Confidentiality Impact (C) | Integrity Impact (I) | Availability Impact (A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent_network local physical |
low high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low 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
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