Redmine 'projects/hg-hellowword/news/' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	47193
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2011-1723
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 06 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 09:01PM
Credit:	Mesut Timur
Vulnerable:	Redmine Redmine 1.1.1 Redmine Redmine 1.0.1
Not Vulnerable:	Redmine Redmine 1.1.2

Redmine 'projects/hg-hellowword/news/' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Redmine is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Redmine 1.0.1 and 1.1.1 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Redmine 'projects/hg-hellowword/news/' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

http://example.com/projects/hg-helloworld/news/[xss]

Redmine 'projects/hg-hellowword/news/' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for more information.

Redmine 'projects/hg-hellowword/news/' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Redmine Homepage (Redmine)
  
• XSS Vulnerability in Redmine 1.0.1 to 1.1.1 (Netsparker Advisories )