CVE-2012-3463

18

FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3463 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Ruby on Rails versions 3.x before 3.0.17, 3.1.x before 3.1.8, and 3.2.x before 3.2.8. An attacker can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the prompt field to the select_tag helper. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and low impact on integrity, with no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:::::::*
		3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta::::::
		3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta2::::::
		3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta3::::::
		3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta4::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

CvssVersion

2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

1.31%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

67.6%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-25

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0131 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (53)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: rubygem-ruby_parser-0:2.0.4-6.el6op

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Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: rubygem-openshift-origin-console-0:1.0.10-1.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: rubygem-openshift-origin-controller-0:1.0.12-1.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: rubygem-openshift-origin-node-0:1.0.11-1.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: converge-ui-devel-0:1.0.4-1.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: puppet-0:2.6.17-2.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-actionpack-1:3.0.10-10.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-activerecord-1:3.0.10-6.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-activesupport-1:3.0.10-4.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-chunky_png-0:1.2.0-3.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-compass-0:0.11.5-2.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-compass-960-plugin-0:0.10.4-2.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-delayed_job-0:2.1.4-2.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-ldap_fluff-0:0.1.3-1.el6_3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-mail-0:2.3.0-3.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-net-ldap-0:0.1.1-3.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.1Fixed in: rubygem-actionpack-1:3.0.10-11.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.1Fixed in: rubygem-activerecord-1:3.0.10-8.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.1Fixed in: rubygem-activesupport-1:3.0.10-5.el6cf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: graphviz-0:2.26.0-10.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-console-0:0.0.16-1.el6op

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Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-broker-0:1.0.11-1.el6op

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Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-broker-util-0:1.0.15-1.el6op

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Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-cron-1.4-0:1.0.3-1.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-diy-0.1-0:1.0.3-1.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-haproxy-1.4-0:1.0.4-1.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-jbosseap-6.0-0:1.0.4-1.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-jbossews-1.0-0:1.0.13-1.el6op

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Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-jenkins-1.4-0:1.0.2-1.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-jenkins-client-1.4-0:1.0.2-1.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-mysql-5.1-0:1.0.5-1.el6op

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Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-perl-5.10-0:1.0.3-1.el6op

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Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-php-5.3-0:1.0.5-1.el6op

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Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-postgresql-8.4-0:1.0.3-2.el6op

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Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-ruby-1.8-0:1.0.7-1.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-cartridge-ruby-1.9-scl-0:1.0.8-1.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: openshift-origin-msg-node-mcollective-0:1.0.3-1.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: php-0:5.3.3-22.el6

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Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: ruby193-ruby-0:1.9.3.327-25.el6

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Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-1:3.2.8-3.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activemodel-0:3.2.8-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activerecord-1:3.2.8-3.el6

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Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-railties-0:3.2.8-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-ruby_parser-0:2.3.1-3.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: rubygem-actionpack-1:3.0.13-4.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: rubygem-activemodel-0:3.0.13-3.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: rubygem-activerecord-1:3.0.13-5.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: rubygem-bson-0:1.8.1-2.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: rubygem-mongo-0:1.8.1-2.el6op

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: rubygem-openshift-origin-auth-remote-user-0:1.0.5-1.el6op

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa

Product: actionpackFixed in: 3.2.8

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa

Product: actionpackFixed in: 3.0.17

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa

Product: actionpackFixed in: 3.1.8

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-98mf-8f57-64qfmedium

actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

redhatCVE-2012-3463Moderate

rubygem-actionpack: potential XSS vulnerability in select_tag prompt

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html

groups.google.com / group/rubyonrails-security/msg/961e18e514527078

Patch

weblog.rubyonrails.org / 2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released