CVE-2012-1099

N/A Unknown
Published: March 13, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb in the select helper in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.12, 3.1.x before 3.1.4, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving certain generation of OPTION elements within SELECT elements.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/6fca4f5c47705488?dmode=source&output=gplain
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075675.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075740.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/3/1/ann-rails-3-0-12-has-been-released
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2466
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/02/6
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/03/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799276
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/6fca4f5c47705488?dmode=source&output=gplain
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075675.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075740.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/3/1/ann-rails-3-0-12-has-been-released
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2466
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/02/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/03/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799276
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.5%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

rubyonrails

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