CVE-2009-4459
EPSS 0.28%
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.
How to fix CVE-2009-4459
To remediate CVE-2009-4459, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/redmine—upgrade to 0.9.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2009-4459 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.9.1-1