CVE-2009-4459

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-12-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

Redmine: through 0.8.7; 0.1.0, 0.2.1, 0.2.2, 0.3.0, 0.4.0, 0.4.1 (+22)

References

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10554
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37425
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54947
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10554
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37425
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54947

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