CVE-2009-4459

Published Dec 30, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
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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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 7:01 AM
Reserved
Dec 30, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 30, 2009, 8:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:13 PM