diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
index f18a02093b9..a283086e45a 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
@@ -395,6 +395,26 @@ public function testGetTemplate() {
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test that plugin files with absolute file paths are scoped
+ * to the plugin and do now allow any file path.
+ *
+ * @expectedException MissingViewException
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testPluginGetTemplateAbsoluteFail() {
+		$this->Controller->viewPath = 'Pages';
+		$this->Controller->action = 'display';
+		$this->Controller->params['pass'] = array('home');
+
+		$view = new TestThemeView($this->Controller);
+		$expected = CAKE . 'Test' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'Plugin' . DS . 'Company' . DS . 'TestPluginThree' . DS . 'View' . DS . 'Pages' . DS . 'index.ctp';
+		$result = $view->getViewFileName('Company/TestPluginThree./Pages/index');
+		$this->assertPathEquals($expected, $result);
+
+		$view->getViewFileName('Company/TestPluginThree./etc/passwd');
+	}
+
 /**
  * Test getLayoutFileName method on plugin
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/View.php b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
index a33dd1a1ffd..61d2fcd56f5 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/View.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
@@ -1002,9 +1002,6 @@ protected function _getViewFileName($name = null) {
 			$name = $this->viewPath . DS . $subDir . Inflector::underscore($name);
 		} elseif (strpos($name, DS) !== false) {
 			if ($name[0] === DS || $name[1] === ':') {
-				if (is_file($name)) {
-					return $name;
-				}
 				$name = trim($name, DS);
 			} elseif ($name[0] === '.') {
 				$name = substr($name, 3);