SB2012081002 - Cross-site scripting in Ruby on Rails

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SB2012081002 - Cross-site scripting in Ruby on Rails

Published: August 10, 2012 Updated: September 30, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2012081002
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3464)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb in Ruby on Rails. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References