Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.0.17, 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.
CVE-2012-3464
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 4.3 — v2 rates that MEDIUM (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 2.6% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 4.3MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 4.3(low)
- EG Risk
- 25(Track)EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity43% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 84%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 10, 2012
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (8)
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/50694
- secalert@redhathttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released/
- secalert@redhathttps://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/8f1bbe1cef8c6caf?dmode=source&output=gplain
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50694
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/8f1bbe1cef8c6caf?dmode=source&output=gplain
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2012-3464(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2013:0582Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1.1.1 update
- RHSA-2013:0154Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Ruby on Rails security update
- RHSA-2012:1542Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: CloudForms Commons 1.1 security update
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | rubygem-ruby_parser-0:2.0.4-6.el6op | 2013-02-28 | redhat |
| redhat | rubygem-activesupport-1:3.0.10-5.el6cf | 2013-01-10 | redhat |
| redhat | rubygem-net-ldap-0:0.1.1-3.el6cf | 2012-12-04 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
RubyGems(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| activesupport | 1.0.0 ... 2.3.9.pre (45 versions) | 2.3.16 | — |
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