ghsa-h835-75hw-pj89
Vulnerability from github
Published
2017-10-24 18:33
Modified
2025-01-21 16:46
Summary
activesupport Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.16, 3.0.x before , 3.1.x before 3.1.8, and 3.2.x before 3.2.8 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a ' (quote) character.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "activesupport"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3.0.0.beta"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0.17"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "activesupport"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3.1.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.1.8"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "activesupport"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3.2.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.2.8"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "activesupport"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.16"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-3464"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:39:28Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2012-08-10T10:34:47Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in `activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb` in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.16, 3.0.x before , 3.1.x before 3.1.8, and 3.2.x before 3.2.8 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a \u0027 (quote) character.",
  "id": "GHSA-h835-75hw-pj89",
  "modified": "2025-01-21T16:46:59Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:37Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3464"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/7215"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/28f2c6f4037081da0a82104a3f473165ed4ed2ce"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/780a718723cf87b49cfe204d355948c4e0932d23"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/d0c9759d3aeb6327d68dd6c0de0fe2fed4e3c870"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/d549df7133f2b0bad8112890d478c33e990e12bc"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h835-75hw-pj89"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activesupport/CVE-2012-3464.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/8f1bbe1cef8c6caf?dmode=source\u0026output=gplain"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "activesupport Cross-site Scripting vulnerability"
}


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