4.3

CVE-2012-3464: rubyonrails rails Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-3464GHSA-h835-75hw-pj89
Published 10-08-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3464 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in rubyonrails rails. EPSS estimates a 2.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.57%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2

Timeline

  1. 10-08-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.57% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.57%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Rubyonrails2 products
  • rails0.9.1 | 0.9.2 | 0.9.3 | 0.9.4 | 0.9.4.1 | 0.10.0 | 0.10.1 | 0.11.0 | 0.11.1 | 0.12.0 | 0.12.1 | 0.13.0 | 0.13.1 | 0.14.1 | 0.14.2 | 0.14.3 | 0.14.4 | 1.0.0 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.9.5 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.0:rc1 | 2.0.0:rc2 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.4 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.3.4 | 2.3.9 | 2.3.10 | 2.3.11 | 2.3.12 | 3.0.0 | 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 | 3.1.0 | 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_rails≤ 3.0.16 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.5 | 0.5.6 | 0.5.7 | 0.6.0 | 0.6.5 | 0.7.0 | 0.8.0 | 0.8.5 | 0.9.0 | 3.0.4
Debian1 product
  • rails< 2.3.14.1
RubyGems1 product
  • activesupport≥ 3.0.0.beta, < 3.0.17 | ≥ 3.1.0, < 3.1.8 | ≥ 3.2.0, < 3.2.8 | < 2.3.16

3 vendors · 4 products

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