CVE-2012-3464
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.0.17, 3.1.x before 3.1.8, and 3.2.x before 3.2.8 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a ' (quote) character.
- EPSS
- 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 85% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-79
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- rubyonrails:rails
- rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-h835-75hw-pj89 | RubyGems | activesupport | >=3.0.0.beta <3.0.17 | 3.0.17 |
| GHSA-h835-75hw-pj89 | RubyGems | activesupport | >=3.1.0 <3.1.8 | 3.1.8 |
| GHSA-h835-75hw-pj89 | RubyGems | activesupport | >=3.2.0 <3.2.8 | 3.2.8 |
| GHSA-h835-75hw-pj89 | RubyGems | activesupport | <2.3.16 | 2.3.16 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50694
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released/
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/8f1bbe1cef8c6caf?dmode=source&output=gplain
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html