CVE-2007-5379 describes a vulnerability in Ruby on Rails versions prior to 1.2.4, specifically within the Hash.from_xml method. This flaw allows remote attackers or ActiveResource servers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and read arbitrary XML files due to unsafe use of XmlSimple. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N). The primary impact is information disclosure (C:P), allowing attackers to read sensitive data like passwords from XML files. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a low level of public awareness or active threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:david_hansson:ruby_on_rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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