CVE-2014-5269

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2014-5269 · Published 04/09/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-5269 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting plack (plack project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.5%, higher than 84.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
plack plack_project	`≤ 1.0030`	No fix yet

Description

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

api.metacpan.org/source/MIYAGAWA/Plack-1.0031/Changes
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/137099.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/137115.html
seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/384
osvdb.org/109928
avar/Plack commit bc1731d · Patch
plack/Plack · Patch

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