Is CVE-2006-4111 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-4111 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-4111?

CVE-2006-4111 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2006-4111

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD

Ruby on Rails before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute Ruby code with "severe" or "serious" impact via a File Upload request with an HTTP header that modifies the LOAD_PATH variable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4112.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
EPSS score: 2.3% (84th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2017-0306)
Published: August 14, 2006
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2017-0306 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

rubyonrails / rails
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rubyonrails / ruby on rails
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References

http://blog.koehntopp.de/archives/1367-Ruby-On-Rails-Mandatory-Mystery-Patch.html(Patch)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21466(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21749(Vendor Advisory)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016673
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/9/rails-1-1-5-mandatory-security-patch-and-other-tidbits(Patch)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-20.xml(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_21_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19454(Patch)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3237(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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