Is CVE-2016-0752 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2016-0752 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2022-03-25.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-0752?

CVE-2016-0752 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

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

CVE-2016-0752 has an EPSS score of 95.54% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0752?

Upgrade rails on debian 11 to 2:4.2.5.1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-0752

HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

railsDebian

Fixed in:2:4.2.5.1-1CVE-2016-0752

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

95.54%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-04-15

References

Exploit2

Third-Party Advisory7

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-23897	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-32315	High	8.6	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-29464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-26086	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-22005	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-5902	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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