GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-rprj-g6xc-p5gq Wicked gem contains Path traversal vulnerability

MEDIUM Published 2017-10-24 Modified 2025-04-13 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2013-4413
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
wicked
Severity
Moderate
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• RubyGems wicked: < 1.0.1 → fixed in 1.0.1

Description

The Wicked gem prior to v1.0.1 allows a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system via a vulnerability in `controller/concerns/render_redirect.rb`. An attacker can send a specially-crafted URL request containing `%2E%2E%2F` directory traversal sequences to read arbitrary files on the system.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2013-4413 Directory traversal vulnerability in controller/concerns/render_redirect.rb in the Wicked gem before 1.0.1 for Ruby allows remote attackers… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References