SB2011041901 - Cross-site scripting in Ruby Redmine

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SB2011041901 - Cross-site scripting in Ruby Redmine

Published: April 19, 2011 Updated: October 11, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2011041901
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1723)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in app/views/layouts/base.rhtml in Redmine 1.0.1 through 1.1.1 when processing PATH_INFO to projects/hg-helloworld/news/. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References