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CVE-2017-12098

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-01-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An exploitable cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the add filter functionality of the rails_admin rails gem version 1.2.0. A specially crafted URL can cause an XSS flaw resulting in an attacker being able to execute arbitrary javascript on the victim's browser. An attacker can phish an authenticated user to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• https://github.com/sferik rails_admin ruby gem: 1.2.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102486
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0450
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102486
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0450

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