CVE-2015-6506 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cryptography interface in Request Tracker (RT) before 4.2.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted public key.

Published: 2015-09-03

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-6446	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cryptography interface in Request Tracker (RT) before 4.2.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted public key.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00442.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://blog.bestpractical.com/2015/08/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164607.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165124.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165163.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3335
https://bestpractical.com/release-notes/rt/4.2.12
https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/commit/36a461947b00b105336adb4997d

History

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Subscriptions

Bestpractical Request Tracker

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2015-09-03T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:22:22.195Z

Reserved: 2015-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6506

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-09-03T14:59:08.773

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-6506

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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