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.
                
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    | Source | ID | Title | 
|---|---|---|
|  EUVD | EUVD-2009-4426 | 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. | 
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T07:01:20.431Z
Reserved: 2009-12-30T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2009-4459
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2009-12-30T20:00:01.030
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2009-4459
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