CVE-2014-5269

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    CVE-2014-5269

    Published: 4 Sept 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Plack::App::File in Plack before 1.0031 removes trailing slash characters from paths, which allows remote attackers to bypass the whitelist of generated files and obtain sensitive information via a crafted path, related to Plack::Middleware::Static.

    References: https://github.com/avar/Plack/commit/bc1731dbb53850c380875ad683cd87c8ec99eee3, https://github.com/plack/Plack/issues/405, https://github.com/avar/Plack/commit/bc1731dbb53850c380875ad683cd87c8ec99eee3, https://github.com/plack/Plack/issues/405, http://api.metacpan.org/source/MIYAGAWA/Plack-1.0031/Changes, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/137099.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/137115.html, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/384, http://www.osvdb.org/109928

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High