CVE-2012-3463: rubyonrails rails
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-3463 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in rubyonrails rails. EPSS estimates a 1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 10-08-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.31%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
71%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.31% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Rubyonrails2 products
- rails3.0.0 | 3.0.0:beta | 3.0.0:beta2 | 3.0.0:beta3 | 3.0.0:beta4 | 3.0.0:rc | 3.0.0:rc2 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.1:pre | 3.0.2 | 3.0.2:pre | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4:rc1 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.5:rc1 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.6:rc1 | 3.0.6:rc2 | 3.0.7 | 3.0.7:rc1 | 3.0.7:rc2 | 3.0.8 | 3.0.8:rc1 | 3.0.8:rc2 | 3.0.8:rc3 | 3.0.8:rc4 | 3.0.9 | 3.0.9:rc1 | 3.0.9:rc2 | 3.0.9:rc3 | 3.0.9:rc4 | 3.0.9:rc5 | 3.0.10 | 3.0.10:rc1 | 3.0.11 | 3.0.12 | 3.0.12:rc1 | 3.0.13 | 3.0.13:rc1 | 3.0.14 | 3.0.16 | 3.1.0 | 3.1.0:beta1 | 3.1.0:rc1 | 3.1.0:rc2 | 3.1.0:rc3 | 3.1.0:rc4 | 3.1.0:rc5 | 3.1.0:rc6 | 3.1.0:rc7 | 3.1.0:rc8 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.1:rc1 | 3.1.1:rc2 | 3.1.1:rc3 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.2:rc1 | 3.1.2:rc2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.1.4:rc1 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.5:rc1 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.7 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.0:rc1 | 3.2.0:rc2 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.2:rc1 | 3.2.3 | 3.2.3:rc1 | 3.2.3:rc2 | 3.2.4 | 3.2.4:rc1 | 3.2.5 | 3.2.6 | 3.2.7
- ruby_on_rails3.0.4
RubyGems1 product
- actionpack≥ 3.0, < 3.0.17 | ≥ 3.1.0, < 3.1.8 | ≥ 3.2.0, < 3.2.8
2 vendors · 3 products
References
7 links- weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released/X Refsource CONFIRM
- groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/961e18e514527078?dmode=source&output=gplainMailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchWEB