Re: [Full-disclosure] XSS Vulnerability in Redmine 1.0.1 to 1.1.1

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On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 01:22:06PM +0300, Netsparker Advisories wrote:
> 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 <mesut [at] mavitunasecurity [dot] com>
> 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 the full article about Cross-Site Scripting
> vulnerabilities from here :
> http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/crosssite-scripting-xss/
> 
> Solution
> -------------------
> Upgrade to the latest Redmine version (1.1.2).
> 
> Credits
> -------------------
> It has been discovered on testing of Netsparker, Web Application
> Security Scanner - http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker/.
> 
> References
> -------------------
> 1. Vendor URL: http://www.redmine.org/news/53
> 2. MSL Advisory Link :
> http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/XSS-vulnerability-in-Redmine/
> 3. Netsparker Advisories :
> http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker-advisories/
> 
> About Netsparker
> -------------------
> Netsparker can find and report security issues such as SQL Injection
> and Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in all web applications regardless of
> the platform and the technology they are built on. Netsparker's unique
> detection and exploitation techniques allows it to be dead accurate in
> reporting hence it's the first and the only False Positive Free web
> application security scanner.
> 
> -- 
> Netsparker Advisories, <advisories@mavitunasecurity.com>
> Homepage, http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker-advisories/

You can use CVE-2011-1723 identifier for this issue. References:

http://osvdb.org/71564

Best regards,
Henri Salo