📄 Description (English)
Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability — Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2016-0752 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability in Ruby on Rails' Action View component that allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the server, potentially exposing sensitive configuration files, credentials, and application source code. With a CVSS score of 9.0 and publicly available exploits, this vulnerability poses an immediate threat to any organization running unpatched Ruby on Rails applications. The vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild and can lead to full server compromise when combined with other attack techniques.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 5, 2026 00:39
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability impacts Saudi organizations running Ruby on Rails web applications across multiple sectors. Government portals and e-services platforms (regulated by NCA) that use Rails are at high risk of sensitive data exposure. Banking and fintech applications under SAMA regulation could face credential theft and unauthorized access to financial data. Saudi telecom companies (STC, Mobily, Zain) and their customer-facing portals built on Rails are vulnerable. Energy sector companies including ARAMCO's subsidiary web applications and smart grid interfaces could be targeted. Healthcare platforms handling patient data under PDPL regulations face compliance violations if exploited.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government
Banking
Telecom
Energy
Healthcare
E-commerce
Education
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.5
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediate Actions:
1. Identify all Ruby on Rails applications in your environment and determine their versions
2. Upgrade Ruby on Rails to patched versions: Rails 5.0.0.beta1.1, 4.2.5.1, 4.1.14.1, or 3.2.22.1 and above
3. If immediate patching is not possible, implement WAF rules to block directory traversal patterns in render parameters (e.g., patterns containing '../', '%2e%2e', or absolute paths)
Detection Rules:
4. Monitor web server logs for requests containing directory traversal sequences targeting Rails render endpoints
5. Deploy IDS/IPS signatures for CVE-2016-0752 exploitation attempts
6. Search for indicators of exploitation: unusual file read operations, access to /etc/passwd, database.yml, or secrets.yml through web requests
Compensating Controls:
7. Restrict file system permissions for the Rails application user to minimum required access
8. Implement application-level input validation to whitelist allowed render paths
9. Use network segmentation to limit the blast radius if a Rails server is compromised
10. Enable detailed logging and forward to SIEM for correlation
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تحديد جميع تطبيقات Ruby on Rails في بيئتك وتحديد إصداراتها
2. ترقية Ruby on Rails إلى الإصدارات المصححة: Rails 5.0.0.beta1.1 أو 4.2.5.1 أو 4.1.14.1 أو 3.2.22.1 وما فوق
3. إذا لم يكن التصحيح الفوري ممكناً، قم بتطبيق قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب لحظر أنماط اجتياز المسارات في معاملات العرض
قواعد الكشف:
4. مراقبة سجلات خادم الويب للطلبات التي تحتوي على تسلسلات اجتياز المسارات
5. نشر توقيعات نظام كشف/منع التسلل لمحاولات استغلال CVE-2016-0752
6. البحث عن مؤشرات الاستغلال: عمليات قراءة الملفات غير العادية والوصول إلى ملفات النظام الحساسة
الضوابط التعويضية:
7. تقييد أذونات نظام الملفات لمستخدم تطبيق Rails إلى الحد الأدنى المطلوب
8. تطبيق التحقق من المدخلات على مستوى التطبيق لتحديد مسارات العرض المسموح بها
9. استخدام تجزئة الشبكة للحد من نطاق الضرر في حالة اختراق خادم Rails
10. تفعيل التسجيل التفصيلي وإرساله إلى نظام SIEM للربط والتحليل
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC-2:3-1 (Vulnerability Management)
ECC-2:5-2 (Web Application Security)
ECC-2:3-4 (Patch Management)
ECC-2:4-1 (Network Security)
🔵 SAMA CSF
3.3.3 (Patch Management)
3.3.5 (Vulnerability Management)
3.4.1 (Application Security)
3.3.7 (Security Monitoring)
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.8.8 (Management of technical vulnerabilities)
A.8.9 (Configuration management)
A.8.16 (Monitoring activities)
A.8.28 (Secure coding)
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0
6.3.3 (Patching security vulnerabilities)
6.4.1 (Web application security)
6.2.4 (Software engineering techniques)
11.3.1 (Vulnerability scanning)
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
Rails:Ruby on Rails