MEDIUM

GHSA-98mf-8f57-64qf

actionpack Cross-site Scripting 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.

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Affected packages

RubyGems / actionpack

Introduced in: 3.0 Fixed in: 3.0.17

Fix bundle update actionpack

RubyGems / actionpack

Introduced in: 3.1.0 Fixed in: 3.1.8

Fix bundle update actionpack

RubyGems / actionpack

Introduced in: 3.2.0 Fixed in: 3.2.8

Fix bundle update actionpack

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3463 [ADVISORY]
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/6d0526db91afb0675c2ad3d871529d1536303c64 [WEB]
https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/fV3QUToSMSw/m/eHBSFOUYHpYJ?pli=1 [WEB]
https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/961e18e514527078?dmode=source&output=gplain [WEB]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html [WEB]
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released [WEB]