Ruby on Rails 'select_tag()' Method CVE-2012-3463 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	54959
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-3463
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 09 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 09:45PM
Credit:	Reported by Vendor.
Vulnerable:	Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.2.7 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.2.6 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.2.4 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.2.2 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.1.7 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.1.6 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.1.5 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.1.4 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.1.2 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.16 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.14 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.13 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.12 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.11 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.6 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.5 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.4 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.3 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.2 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.1 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.11 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.10 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.5 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.4 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.3 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.2 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.2.3 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.2.2 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.1.1 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.1 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.0.5 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.0.4 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.0 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.2.6 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.2.5 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.2.3 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1.6 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1.5 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1.4 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1.3 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1.2 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1.1 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.1.0.rc6 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.1.0.rc5 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.8 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.7 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.10 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.14 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.13 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.12 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.0 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 0.14 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 0.13 Redhat OpenShift Enterprise 0 Redhat CloudForms 0
Not Vulnerable:	Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.2.8 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.1.8 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.17 Redhat CloudForms 1.1

Ruby on Rails 'select_tag()' Method CVE-2012-3463 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Ruby on Rails is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

The vulnerability is fixed in the following versions:

Ruby on Rails 3.0.17, 3.1.8, and 3.2.8

Ruby on Rails 'select_tag()' Method CVE-2012-3463 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

Ruby on Rails 'select_tag()' Method CVE-2012-3463 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

Ruby on Rails 'select_tag()' Method CVE-2012-3463 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Bug 847196 - (CVE-2012-3463) CVE-2012-3463 rubygem-actionpack: Potential XSS Vul ( Red Hat Bugzilla)
  
• Moderate: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1.1.1 update (Red Hat)
  
• Rails 3.2.8 has been release (Ruby on Rails)
  
• Ruby on Rails Home Page (Ruby on Rails)
  
• RHSA-2012:1542 (Red Hat)
  
• Ruby on Rails Potential XSS Vulnerability in select_tag prompt (oss-security)