CVE-2012-3463 (Medium) detected in actionpack-3.0.9.gem

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CVE-2012-3463 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - actionpack-3.0.9.gem

Web apps on Rails. Simple, battle-tested conventions for building and testing MVC web applications. Works with any Rack-compatible server.

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/actionpack-3.0.9.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

• rails-3.0.9.gem (Root Library)
  • railties-3.0.9.gem
    • ❌ actionpack-3.0.9.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 0c785fd9400921392b8ee5e3e166f30364359ecc

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2012-08-10

URL: CVE-2012-3463

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: N/A
  • Attack Complexity: N/A
  • Privileges Required: N/A
  • User Interaction: N/A
  • Scope: N/A
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: N/A
  • Integrity Impact: N/A
  • Availability Impact: N/A

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3463

Release Date: 2012-08-10

Fix Resolution: 3.0.17,3.1.8,3.2.8

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