CVE-2014-5269

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-5269
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-09-04 17:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionPlack::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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Plack Project Plack All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: Re: CVE Request: Plack::App::File does not prune trailing slashes: possible code exposure / information disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: perl-Plack-1.0031-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
www.osvdb.org/109928 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
MetaCPAN v0 API af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 api.metacpan.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: perl-Plack-1.0031-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Plack::App::File prunes trailing slashes via split() invocation · Issue #405 · plack/Plack · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Plack::App::File: Fix a security issue by not pruning trailing slashes · avar/Plack@bc1731d · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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