5.3

CVE-2016-2097: rubyonrails rails

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2016-2097GHSA-vx9j-46rh-fqr8
Published 07-04-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2097 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in rubyonrails rails. EPSS estimates a 4.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.42%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 3
DLA-604-1DSA-3509-1RHSA-2016:0454RHSA-2016:0455RHSA-2016:0456SUSE-SU-2016:0854-1

Timeline

  1. 07-04-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2 and 4.x before 4.1.14.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method and providing a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0752.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.42% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

RubyGems2 products
  • actionpack≥ 3.0.0, < 3.2.22.2 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.1.14.2
  • actionview≥ 3.0.0, < 3.2.22.2 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.1.14.2
Rubyonrails2 products
  • rails4.0.0 | 4.0.0:beta | 4.0.0:rc1 | 4.0.0:rc2 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.1:rc1 | 4.0.1:rc2 | 4.0.1:rc3 | 4.0.1:rc4 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.4:rc1 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.6:rc1 | 4.0.6:rc2 | 4.0.6:rc3 | 4.0.7 | 4.0.8 | 4.0.9 | 4.0.10:rc1 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.0:beta1 | 4.1.0:beta2 | 4.1.0:rc1 | 4.1.0:rc2 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.2:rc1 | 4.1.2:rc2 | 4.1.2:rc3 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6:rc1 | 4.1.6:rc2 | 4.1.7 | 4.1.7.1 | 4.1.8 | 4.1.9:rc1 | 4.1.10:rc1 | 4.1.10:rc2 | 4.1.10:rc3 | 4.1.10:rc4 | 4.1.12:rc1 | 4.1.13:rc1 | 4.1.14:rc1 | 4.1.14:rc2
  • ruby_on_rails≤ 3.2.22.1 | 4.1.14.1
Debian1 product
  • rails< 2:4.2.5.2-1

3 vendors · 5 products

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