CVE-2012-3465
actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
EPSS 0.33%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/sanitize_helper.rb in the strip_tags helper in Ruby on Rails 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 malformed HTML markup.
How to fix CVE-2012-3465
To remediate CVE-2012-3465, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/rails—upgrade to 2.3.14.1 or later
- RubyGems/actionpack—upgrade to 3.0.17 or later
Is CVE-2012-3465 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.3.14.1
- >= 3.0.0.beta, < 3.0.17