Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 30, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2009-4459
CVE-2009-4459
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
29cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 28 more
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.8.7
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
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