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CVE-2017-12098

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12098 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the add filter functionality of the rails_admin gem, version 1.2.0, affecting applications using this Rails plugin. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser by crafting a malicious URL, requiring user interaction (e.g., phishing) to trigger. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or significant community discussion has been observed for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rails_admin_project:rails_admin:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: rails_adminFixed in: 1.3.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-pxr8-w3jq-rcwjmedium

rails_admin ruby gem XSS

Mar 5, 2018

References

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0450
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102486
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry