CVE-2012-1099

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-03-01
CWE:
CWE-79
Bugzilla:
799276: CVE-2012-1099 rubygem-actionpack: XSS in the 'select' helper

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb in the select helper 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 certain generation of OPTION elements within SELECT elements.

Find out more about CVE-2012-1099 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 rubygem-actionpack Will not fix
Red Hat CloudForms Tools 1 rubygem-actionpack Will not fix

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