UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12098

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12098

    Published: 19 Jan 2018Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12098

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12098, https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0450, https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/issues/2985, https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/commit/44f09ed72b5e0e917a5d61bd89c48d97c494b41c, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12098

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby-rails-admin

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.6.8~dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High