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CVE-2016-2097

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 4.42%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-04-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-2097
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
4.42%

Original NVD 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.