CVE-2019-5418

7.5 HIGH CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: March 27, 2019 Modified: October 30, 2025
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Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00011.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152178/Rails-5.2.1-Arbitrary-File-Content-Disclosure.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/22/1
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing List Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0796
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1147
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1149
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1289
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/pFRKI96Sm8Q
Source: support@hackerone.com
Permissions Required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00042.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA/
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/
Source: support@hackerone.com
Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46585/
Source: support@hackerone.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00011.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152178/Rails-5.2.1-Arbitrary-File-Content-Disclosure.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/22/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0796
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1147
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1149
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1289
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/pFRKI96Sm8Q
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00042.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46585/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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/
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-5418
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
94.3%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2025-07-28

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

Affected Vendors

redhat debian rubyonrails fedoraproject opensuse

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