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Unscored CVE-2009-4459 EUVD-2009-4426GHSA-vpxw-mhc6-mv6v

Redmine 0.8.7 and earlier uses the title tag before defining the character encoding in a meta tag, which allows remote attackers to conduct…

Published Dec 30, 2009 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Redmine 0.8.7 and earlier uses the title tag before defining the character encoding in a meta tag, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and inject arbitrary script via UTF-7 encoded values in the title parameter to a new issue page, which may be interpreted as script by Internet Explorer 7 and 8.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 redmine 0.9.1-1 —
Debian 13 redmine 0.9.1-1 —
Debian 12 redmine 0.9.1-1 —

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