# CVE-2014-0053: Missing authorization in n/a

> Remote attackers can access sensitive files in the WEB-INF directory due to improper access restrictions in the Grails Resources plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Apr 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pr5m-6gvr-rwfr

## What is CVE-2014-0053?

CVE-2014-0053 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The default configuration of the Resources plugin 1.0.0 before 1.2.6 for Pivotal Grails 2.0.0 before 2.3.6 does not properly restrict access to files in the WEB-INF directory, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request.  NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT due to different researchers and different vulnerability types. See CVE-2014-2857 for the META-INF variant and CVE-2014-2858 for the directory traversal.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0053?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Gopivotal Grails, Gopivotal Grails-Resources.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0053?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0053 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-0053 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0053 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2016-6521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6521/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2014-2857](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2857/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2014-2858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2858/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0053 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0053 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0053 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0053/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0053/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0053
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0053
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0053

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0053/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.