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Rails Sprockets 2.x < 2.12.5 / 3.x < 3.7.2 / 4.x < 4.0.0.beta8 Path Traversal

high Web App Scanning Plugin ID 112718

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Synopsis

Rails Sprockets 2.x < 2.12.5 / 3.x < 3.7.2 / 4.x < 4.0.0.beta8 Path Traversal

Description

There is an information leak vulnerability in Sprockets. Versions Affected: 4.0.0.beta7 and lower, 3.7.1 and lower, 2.12.4 and lower.

Specially crafted requests can be used to access files that exists on the filesystem that is outside an application's root directory, when the Sprockets server is used in development.

All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the work arounds immediately.

Solution

Upgrade Rails Sprockets to 2.12.5, 3.7.2, 4.0.0.beta8 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/rails/sprockets/issues/561

https://i.blackhat.com/us-18/Wed-August-8/us-18-Orange-Tsai-Breaking-Parser-Logic-Take-Your-Path-Normalization-Off-And-Pop-0days-Out-2.pdf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 112718

Type: remote

Published: 3/12/2021

Updated: 9/7/2021

Scan Template: api, basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-3760

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-3760

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:sprockets_project:sprockets:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-3760

BID: 105366