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CVE-2007-5379

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 3.97%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2007-10-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2007-5379
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
3.97%

Original NVD Description

Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers and ActiveResource servers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and read arbitrary XML files via the Hash.from_xml (Hash#from_xml) method, which uses XmlSimple (XML::Simple) unsafely, as demonstrated by reading passwords from the Pidgin (Gaim) .purple/accounts.xml file.