Invicti identifies a High Risk XSS Web Vulnerability in Popular Redmine

Information

Name:  XSS vulnerability in Redmine
Software:  all Redmine versions from 1.0.1 to 1.1.1
Vendor Homepage:  http://www.redmine.org
Vulnerability Type:  Cross-Site Scripting
Severity:  High
Researcher:  Mesut Timur
Advisory Reference:  NS-11-004

Description

Redmine is a flexible project management web application written using Ruby on Rails framework.

Details

Redmine is affected by a XSS vulnerability in versions from 1.0.1 to 1.1.1.
Example PoC url is as follows:

http://example.com/projects/hg-helloworld/news/%22onload=%22alert%281%29
You can read about Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities here: Cross-site scripting

Solution

Upgrade to the latest Redmine version (1.1.2).

Credits

It has been discovered on testing of Invicti, Web Application Security Scanner – /invicti/.

References

1. Vendor URL: http://www.redmine.org/news/53
2. MSL Advisory Link: /web-applications-advisories/xss-vulnerability-in-redmine/
3. Invicti Advisories: /web-applications-advisories/

About Invicti

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