CVE-2014-1985

Summary

CVECVE-2014-1985
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerjpcert
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-11 14:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionOpen redirect vulnerability in the redirect_back_or_default function in app/controllers/application_controller.rb in Redmine before 2.4.5 and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the back url (back_url parameter).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redmine Redmine 2.4.0 All All All
Application Redmine Redmine 2.4.1 All All All
Application Redmine Redmine 2.4.2 All All All
Application Redmine Redmine 2.4.3 All All All
Application Redmine Redmine 2.5.0 All All All
Application Redmine Redmine All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Changelog 2 4 - Redmine af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redmine.org
oss-sec: Re: CVE request: redmine open redirector af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2014/JVNDB-2014-000041.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvndb.jvn.jp
Changelog - Redmine af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redmine.org
Redmine 'redirect_back_or_default()' Function Open Redirection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
JVN#93004610: Redmine vulnerable to open redirect af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvn.jp
Security Advisories - Redmine af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redmine.org Exploit, Patch
Fixed back url verification (#16466). · redmine/redmine@7567c3d · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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