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Vulnerability details: VCID-c1w4-z275-tqg7
Vulnerability ID VCID-c1w4-z275-tqg7
Aliases CVE-2012-3463
GHSA-98mf-8f57-64qf
OSV-84515
Summary Ruby on Rails Potential XSS Vulnerability in select_tag prompt When a value for the `prompt` field is supplied to the `select_tag` helper, the value is not escaped. If untrusted data is not escaped, and is supplied as the prompt value, there is a potential for XSS attacks.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
epss 0.00333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-3463
epss 0.00333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-3463
epss 0.00333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-3463
epss 0.00333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-3463
epss 0.00333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-3463
epss 0.00333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-3463
epss 0.00333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-3463
epss 0.00333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-3463
epss 0.00333 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-3463
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98mf-8f57-64qf
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/6d0526db91afb0675c2ad3d871529d1536303c64
generic_textual MODERATE https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/961e18e514527078?dmode=source&output=gplain
generic_textual MODERATE https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/fV3QUToSMSw/m/eHBSFOUYHpYJ?pli=1
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3463
generic_textual MODERATE http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released
Reference id Reference type URL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-3463.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-3463
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/6d0526db91afb0675c2ad3d871529d1536303c64
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!searchin/rubyonrails-security/3463/rubyonrails-security/fV3QUToSMSw/eHBSFOUYHpYJ
https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/961e18e514527078?dmode=source&output=gplain
https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/fV3QUToSMSw/m/eHBSFOUYHpYJ?pli=1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3463
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/8/9/ann-rails-3-2-8-has-been-released/
847196 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847196
GHSA-98mf-8f57-64qf https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98mf-8f57-64qf
RHSA-2012:1542 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1542
RHSA-2013:0154 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0154
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.56001
EPSS Score 0.00333
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:46:47.131500+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/actionpack/CVE-2012-3463.yml 38.0.0