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Evidence dossier
CVE-2016-0752
CVE-2016-0752
gen-56ccdaf9Normalized restatement
Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 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.
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Feb 16, 2016
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Evidence coverage
- 72%
2026-07-18 · v2026.06.15 · percentile 99.9%
Distinct CVSS assessments remain side by side; none are averaged.
Source comparison
Who said what
Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 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.
Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Probability 0.955370000000; percentile 0.998610000000
Applicability
Cited product scope
[{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]unknowncpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*supportedcpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*; end excluding 3.2.22.1supportedcpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*; start including 4.0.0; end excluding 4.1.14.1supportedcpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*; start including 4.2.0; end excluding 4.2.5.1supportedcpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*supportedcpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*supportedcpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*supportedcpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*supportedcpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_module_for_containers:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*supportedAssessments
CVSS by origin
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NLimitations and unknowns
- KEV membership is authoritative for the catalog, not proof of exposure in any environment.
- EPSS is a dated model probability and not an individual-environment prediction.
- Affected or fixed status applies only to the exact cited product and version scope; unresolved scope remains unknown.
- NVD-carried upstream facts remain derivative and are not independent corroboration.
- Only NVD metrics validated under the generation-bound calculator are Public Priority eligible; direct CVE record metrics remain display-only.
- NVD CVSS source eligibility is closed: NVD-authored, exact record-source, or registered same-CVE container origin; unmapped sources remain display-only.
- Factor D is unknown in Public Core because no accepted canonical mapping-obligation ledger is present.
- Core replay supports the active and immediately prior generation; retrospective valid-at replay is deferred.