CVE-2012-3464

N/A Unknown
Published: August 10, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/50694
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/8f1bbe1cef8c6caf?dmode=source&output=gplain
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/50694
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/8f1bbe1cef8c6caf?dmode=source&output=gplain
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.6%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

rubyonrails

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