CVE-2015-8474

Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Open redirect vulnerability in the valid_back_url function in app/controllers/application_controller.rb in Redmine before 2.6.7, 3.0.x before 3.0.5, and 3.1.x before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a crafted back_url parameter, as demonstrated by "@attacker.com," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1985.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
Redmine: through 2.6.6; 2.5.1, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4 (+1)

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3529
http://www.redmine.org/news/101
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78625
https://github.com/redmine/redmine/commit/032f2c9be6520d9d1a1608aa4f1d5d1f184f2472
https://www.redmine.org/issues/19577
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3529
http://www.redmine.org/news/101
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78625
https://github.com/redmine/redmine/commit/032f2c9be6520d9d1a1608aa4f1d5d1f184f2472
https://www.redmine.org/issues/19577

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