CVE-2019-5418: Rails File Content Disclosure
Rails · https://github.com/rails/rails
Vendor fix available · Affected: Rails https://github.com/rails/rails · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 7 Jul 2025
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
ExploitationIn CISA KEV
- In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue7 Jul 2025
- Exploited (reported): not seen
- Scanning observed: not seen
- Proof of concept public: not seen
- Not established: not seen
Higher than 99% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
There is a File Content Disclosure vulnerability in Action View <5.2.2.1, <5.1.6.2, <5.0.7.2, <4.2.11.1 and v3 where specially crafted accept headers can cause contents of arbitrary files on the target system's filesystem to be exposed.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Rails · https://github.com/rails/rails5.2.2.1; 5.1.6.2; 5.0.7.2; 4.2.11.1
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
- CISA KEV
- Listed since 7 Jul 2025 · catalogue entry
- Public check
- Rails File Content Disclosure · nuclei template in projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates
- Vendor
- Rails
- Published
- March 2019
What changed
- CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA
CoverageNo articles yet
No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2019-5418 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.
References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA KEV cataloguecisa.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-22cwe.mitre.org
- Vendor advisoryaccess.redhat.com
- Vendor advisorylists.opensuse.org
- Vendor advisorylists.fedoraproject.org
- Vendor advisoryaccess.redhat.com
- Vendor advisoryaccess.redhat.com
- Vendor advisoryaccess.redhat.com
- Exploitexploit-db.com
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/152178/Rails-5.2.1-Arbitrary-File-packetstormsecurity.com
- weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-beenweblog.rubyonrails.org
- groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/pFRKI96Smgroups.google.com
- web.archive.org/web/20190313201629/https://weblog.rubyonrails.orweb.archive.org
2 more references are in the CVE record.