CVE-2012-3465: XSS Vulnerability in strip_tags

August 10, 2012 (updated August 8, 2019)

There is an XSS vulnerability in the strip_tags helper in Ruby on Rails, the helper does not correctly handle malformed html. As a result, an attacker can execute arbitrary javascript through the use of specially crafted malformed html. All users who rely on strip_tags for XSS protection should upgrade or use the work around immediately.

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