CVE-2013-0262: rack_project rack
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-0262 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in rack_project rack. EPSS estimates a 2.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 11Timeline
- 08-02-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
rack/file.rb (Rack::File) in Rack 1.5.x before 1.5.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 allows attackers to access arbitrary files outside the intended root directory via a crafted PATH_INFO environment variable, probably a directory traversal vulnerability that is remotely exploitable, aka "symlink path traversals."
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.94%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
87%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.94% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- ruby-rack< 1.4.1-2.1
Rack_project1 product
- rack1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.1
RubyGems1 product
- rack≥ 1.5.0, < 1.5.2 | ≥ 1.4.0, < 1.4.5
Ubuntu1 product
- ruby-rack< 1.5.2-1
4 vendors · 4 products
References
19 links- groups.google.com/forum/X Refsource CONFIRM
- rack.github.comX Refsource CONFIRM
- groups.google.com/forum/X Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 19 references
- github.com/rack/rackPACKAGE