Name: CVE-2012-3465: 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-2012-3465, CWE-79, CVSS 4.7, EPSS 0.01994

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.7

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade rails	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 10, 2012
Freebsd	—	Upgrade rubygem-railsUpgrade rubygem-actionpackUpgrade 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_2Upgrade rubygem-actionpack-2_3Upgrade rubygem-activesupport-2_3	Dec 12, 2013	Jun 28, 2013

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