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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2009-4426 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T07:01:20.431Z
Reserved: 2009-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2009-4459
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Status : Modified
Published: 2009-12-30T20:00:01.030
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2009-4459
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD