CVE-2014-5269
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
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.
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-264
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-5162)
- Published
- September 4, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-5162 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- plack project / plack
References
- 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
- https://github.com/avar/Plack/commit/bc1731dbb53850c380875ad683cd87c8ec99eee3(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://github.com/plack/Plack/issues/405(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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