MEDIUM

GHSA-98mf-8f57-64qf

actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Quick fix

GHSA-98mf-8f57-64qf — actionpack: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

bundle update actionpack

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: 3.0Fixed in: 3.0.17

Fixbundle update actionpack

RubyGems/actionpack

Introduced in: 3.1.0Fixed in: 3.1.8

Fixbundle update actionpack

RubyGems/actionpack

Introduced in: 3.2.0Fixed in: 3.2.8

Fixbundle 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]