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CVE-2014-7818

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-7818 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Action Pack, a component of Ruby on Rails versions 3.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x beta, specifically when static asset serving is enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application's root directory by manipulating URLs with a “/..%2F” sequence. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and limited community discussion or media coverage, suggesting low current exploitability and attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0346 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: actionpackFixed in: 3.2.20
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: actionpackFixed in: 4.0.11
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: actionpackFixed in: 4.1.7
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: actionpackFixed in: 4.2.0.beta3
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5Fixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: ror40-rubygem-actionpack
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: rubygem-actionpack

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-29gr-w57f-rpfwmedium

actionpack vulnerable to Path Traversal

Oct 24, 2017
redhatCVE-2014-7818Low

rubygem-actionpack: arbitrary file existence disclosure

Oct 31, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html
groups.google.com / forum/message/raw
puppet.com / security/cve/cve-2014-7829