CVE-2019-11879 — Path Traversal in Webrick

CWE-22 — Path TraversalCWE-59 — Link Following3 documents3 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Ruby-lang Webrick
Timeline
PublishedMay 10
Latest updateMay 24

Description

The WEBrick gem 1.4.2 for Ruby allows directory traversal if the attacker once had local access to create a symlink to a location outside of the web root directory. NOTE: The vendor states that this is analogous to Options FollowSymlinks in the Apache HTTP Server, and therefore it is "not a problem.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-jwh5-q83f-2jjc: ** DISPUTED ** The WEBrick gem 1↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-11879: The WEBrick gem 1↗2019-05-10
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