Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers and ActiveResource servers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and read arbitrary XML files via the Hash.from_xml (Hash#from_xml) method, which uses XmlSimple (XML::Simple) unsafely, as demonstrated by reading passwords from the Pidgin (Gaim) .purple/accounts.xml file
Published Oct 19, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.97%
Description
Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers and ActiveResource servers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and read arbitrary XML files via the Hash.from_xml (Hash#from_xml) method, which uses XmlSimple (XML::Simple) unsafely, as demonstrated by reading passwords from the Pidgin (Gaim) .purple/accounts.xml file.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.2.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.97% (0.03969) | 90.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.97% (0.03969) | 89.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 6.78% (0.06784) | 91.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 19, 2025 | 10.00% (0.10003) | 92.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 15, 2025 | 11.41% (0.11407) | 93.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 9.62% (0.09616) | 91.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.31% (0.06307) | 90.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.82% (0.00817) | 82.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 15, 2024 | 1.39% (0.01387) | 86.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 7, 2024 | 0.87% (0.00868) | 82.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 0.85% (0.00855) | 81.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 13, 2024 | 0.80% (0.00796) | 81.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 8, 2024 | 0.76% (0.00757) | 79.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.74% (0.00743) | 77.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195315 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8453 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://osvdb.org/40717 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27657 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-17.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26096 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3508 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fjfg-q662-gm6j Advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rails/CVE-2007-5379.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5379
- https://rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090602000500/http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8453
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