Is CVE-2019-5418 actively exploited?

CVE-2019-5418 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-10-30.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-5418?

CVE-2019-5418 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-2019-5418?

Patch guidance is available from rubyonrails security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2019-5418.

Fix CVE-2019-5418 - HIGH rubyonrails rails

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2019-5418?

10 products: rubyonrails rails, rubyonrails rails, rubyonrails rails, rubyonrails rails, debian debian linux, and 5 more.

Description

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.

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 TraversalNVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor: RUBYONRAILS
Published: 3/27/2019
Last Modified: 10/30/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

rubyonrails : railsrubyonrails : railsrubyonrails : railsrubyonrails : railsdebian : debian_linuxredhat : cloudformsopensuse : leapfedoraproject : fedoraredhat : cloudformsredhat : software_collections

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD