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 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.31% probability · 70th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- rubyonrails/rails · rubyonrails/ruby on rails
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released/
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/961e18e514527078?dmode=source&output=gplainPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released/
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/961e18e514527078?dmode=source&output=gplainPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.