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Vulnerability details: VCID-fqcm-4af1-e3c1
Vulnerability ID VCID-fqcm-4af1-e3c1
Aliases CVE-2006-4111
GHSA-rvpq-5xqx-pfpp
Summary Ruby on Rails vulnerable to code injection Ruby on Rails before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute Ruby code with "severe" or "serious" impact via a File Upload request with an HTTP header that modifies the LOAD_PATH variable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4112.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual HIGH http://blog.koehntopp.de/archives/1367-Ruby-On-Rails-Mandatory-Mystery-Patch.html
epss 0.03984 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-4111
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rvpq-5xqx-pfpp
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/presidentbeef/rails-security-history/blob/master/vulnerabilities.md
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/rails/rails
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rails/CVE-2006-4111.yml
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4111
generic_textual HIGH https://web.archive.org/web/20200301174340/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19454
generic_textual HIGH https://web.archive.org/web/20200808083046/http://securitytracker.com/id?1016673
generic_textual HIGH http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/9/rails-1-1-5-mandatory-security-patch-and-other-tidbits
generic_textual HIGH http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-20.xml
generic_textual HIGH http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_21_sr.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://blog.koehntopp.de/archives/1367-Ruby-On-Rails-Mandatory-Mystery-Patch.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-4111
https://github.com/presidentbeef/rails-security-history/blob/master/vulnerabilities.md
https://github.com/rails/rails
https://web.archive.org/web/20200301174340/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19454
https://web.archive.org/web/20200808083046/http://securitytracker.com/id?1016673
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/9/rails-1-1-5-mandatory-security-patch-and-other-tidbits
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-20.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_21_sr.html
382255 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=382255
CVE-2006-4111 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4111
CVE-2006-4111.YML https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rails/CVE-2006-4111.yml
GHSA-rvpq-5xqx-pfpp https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rvpq-5xqx-pfpp
GLSA-200608-20 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200608-20
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.88603
EPSS Score 0.03984
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:53:07.355738+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rails/CVE-2006-4111.yml 38.6.0