Unscored severity · published Aug 10, 2012
CVE-2012-3463
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.0.17, 3.1.x before 3.1.8, and 3.2.x before 3.2.8…
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CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.0.17, 3.1.x before 3.1.8, and 3.2.x before 3.2.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the prompt field to the select_tag helper.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Rails · Rubyonrails
3.0.0; 3.0.0; 3.0.0; 3.0.0; 3.0.0; 3.0.0; +34 more · source: NVD
RO
Ruby ON Rails · Rubyonrails
3.0.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3463
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3463
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
weblog.rubyonrails.org
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released/
Patch
https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/961e18e514527078?dmode=source&output=gplain
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