Is CVE-2008-1145 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-1145 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-1145?

CVE-2008-1145 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-1145

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 27.1%EU EUVD

Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash (\) path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
EPSS score: 27.1% (98th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-1154)
Published: March 4, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1154 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
ruby-lang / ruby
ruby-lang / ruby
ruby-lang / ruby
ruby-lang / webrick

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html(Broken Link, Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29232(Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29357(Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29536(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32371(Not Applicable)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163(Third Party Advisory)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123(Broken Link)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123(Broken Link)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404515(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/03/03/webrick-file-access-vulnerability/(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489205/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489218/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490056/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28123(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019562(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0787(Permissions Required)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references(Permissions Required)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41010(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2338(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10937(Broken Link)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5215(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00338.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00354.html(Third Party Advisory)

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

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