Name: CVE-2012-3463: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2012-08-10T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2012-3463, CWE-79, CVSS 4.3, EPSS 0.01306

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.

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade rubygem-actionpackUpgrade rubygem-railsUpgrade rubygem-activesupport	Dec 10, 2025	Aug 10, 2012
Ruby_on_rails	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Ruby on Rails	Jan 3, 2020	Aug 10, 2012
Suse	—	Upgrade rubygem-actionpack-3_2	Aug 9, 2024	Jun 28, 2013

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