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ID:4206 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Redmine - CVE-2011-1723
ID:4206 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Redmine - CVE-2011-1723
Published: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45118
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1723
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Redmine
Redmine
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
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.