# CVE-2014-0130: Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability

> CVE-2014-0130: Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability. CVSS 7.5 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2014-0130
Last updated: 2025-10-22T00:05:37Z

- Published: 2014-05-07 10:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05 UTC · Assigner: redhat
- CVSS: 7.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 53.7%, 99th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-03-25, federal due date 2022-04-15, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/abstract\_controller/base.rb in the implicit-render implementation in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.18, 4.0.x before 4.0.5, and 4.1.x before 4.1.1, when certain route globbing configurations are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted request.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Rails: Ruby on Rails

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0130)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0130)
- [http://matasano.com/research/AnatomyOfRailsVuln-CVE-2014-0130.pdf](http://matasano.com/research/AnatomyOfRailsVuln-CVE-2014-0130.pdf)
- [http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html](http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html)
- [https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/NkKc7vTW70o/NxW\_PDBSG3AJ](https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/NkKc7vTW70o/NxW_PDBSG3AJ)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67244](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67244)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2014-0130 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2014-0130.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2014-0130 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:49:24.245Z