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CVE-2012-1098

activesupport Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

4.3 MediumFix available

CVE-2012-1098 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Rubyonrails Rails, published March 13, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.65%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in activesupport 3.0.12.

What does this mean?
Severity
4.3 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
2.65%EPSS, 85th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
3.0.12activesupport +8 more

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.12, 3.1.x before 3.1.4, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a SafeBuffer object that is manipulated through certain methods.

Exploit likelihood

2.65%Up 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
activesupport
RubyGems
3.0.0 up to 3.0.12
3.0.12
activesupport
RubyGems
3.1.0 up to 3.1.4
3.1.4
activesupport
RubyGems
3.2.0 up to 3.2.2
3.2.2
rails
Debian:12
before 2.3.14
2.3.14
rails
Debian:13
before 2.3.14
2.3.14
rails
Debian:14
before 2.3.14
2.3.14
activesupport
RubyGems
3.0.0 up to 3.0.12, plus listed versions
3.0.13.0.103.0.10.rc13.0.113.0.12.rc1
Show 21 moreShow less
3.0.23.0.33.0.43.0.4.rc13.0.53.0.5.rc13.0.63.0.6.rc13.0.6.rc23.0.73.0.7.rc13.0.7.rc23.0.83.0.8.rc13.0.8.rc23.0.8.rc43.0.93.0.9.rc13.0.9.rc33.0.9.rc43.0.9.rc5
3.0.12
activesupport
RubyGems
3.1.0 up to 3.1.4, plus listed versions
3.1.13.1.1.rc13.1.1.rc23.1.1.rc33.1.2
Show 4 moreShow less
3.1.2.rc13.1.2.rc23.1.33.1.4.rc1
3.1.4
activesupport
RubyGems
3.2.0 up to 3.2.2, plus listed versions
3.2.13.2.2.rc1
3.2.2

What each source reports

NVD Score used4.3

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.12, 3.1.x before 3.1.4, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a SafeBuffer object that is manipulated through certain methods.

Record
CVE-2012-1098
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.12, 3.1.x before 3.1.4, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a SafeBuffer object that is manipulated through certain methods.

Record
CVE-2012-1098
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0294No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.12, 3.1.x before 3.1.4, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a SafeBuffer object that is manipulated through certain methods.

Record
EUVD-2017-0294
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qv8p-v9qw-wc7gNo score

activesupport Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.12, 3.1.x before 3.1.4, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a SafeBuffer object that is manipulated through certain methods.

Record
GHSA-qv8p-v9qw-wc7g
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVNo score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.12, 3.1.x before 3.1.4, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a SafeBuffer object that is manipulated through certain methods.

Record
CVE-2012-1098
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1098No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.12, 3.1.x before 3.1.4, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a SafeBuffer object that is manipulated through certain methods.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1098
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-qv8p-v9qw-wc7gNo score

activesupport Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.12, 3.1.x before 3.1.4, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a SafeBuffer object that is manipulated through certain methods.

Record
GHSA-qv8p-v9qw-wc7g
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
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