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.
CVE-2012-3465
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
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- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 78.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 10, 2012
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (8)
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/50694
- secalert@redhathttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released/
- secalert@redhathttps://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/7fbb5392d4d282b5?dmode=source&output=gplain
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50694
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/7fbb5392d4d282b5?dmode=source&output=gplain
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2012-3465(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2013:0582Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1.1.1 update
- RHSA-2013:0154Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Ruby on Rails security update
- RHSA-2012:1542Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: CloudForms Commons 1.1 security update
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | rubygem-ruby_parser-0:2.0.4-6.el6op | 2013-02-28 | redhat |
| redhat | rubygem-activesupport-1:3.0.10-5.el6cf | 2013-01-10 | redhat |
| redhat | rubygem-net-ldap-0:0.1.1-3.el6cf | 2012-12-04 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
RubyGems(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| actionpack | 0.9.0 ... 2.3.9.pre (60 versions) | 2.3.16 | — |
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