Is CVE-2016-0752 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-0752 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-10-22.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-0752?

CVE-2016-0752 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2016-0752?

Patch guidance is available from rubyonrails security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2016-0752.

Fix CVE-2016-0752 - HIGH rubyonrails rails

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2016-0752?

9 products: rubyonrails rails, rubyonrails rails, rubyonrails rails, rubyonrails rails, opensuse leap, and 4 more.

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-22 · Path Traversal CWE-22 · Path Traversal

Metadata

Primary Vendor: RUBYONRAILS
Published: 2/16/2016
Last Modified: 10/22/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

rubyonrails : railsrubyonrails : railsrubyonrails : railsrubyonrails : railsopensuse : leapopensuse : opensusesuse : linux_enterprise_module_for_containersdebian : debian_linuxredhat : software_collections

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD