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CVE-2019-17427

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In Redmine before 3.4.11 and 4.0.x before 4.0.4, persistent XSS exists due to textile formatting errors.

Affected products

• Redmine: before 3.4.11; from 4.0.0 before 4.0.4 — fixed in 3.4.11, 4.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Redmine 3.4.11, 4.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/RealLinkers/CVE-2019-17427
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/31
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4200-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4574
• https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Security_Advisories
• https://github.com/RealLinkers/CVE-2019-17427
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/31
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4200-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4574
• https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Security_Advisories

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