CVE-2020-36307
Redmine vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Redmine before versions 4.0.7 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1 was discovered to have a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via textile inline links (Redmine Security, Debian LTS).

Technical details

The vulnerability was identified as a high-severity stored XSS issue that specifically affected the textile inline links functionality in Redmine. The issue was tracked as CVE-2020-36307 and was addressed in Redmine versions 4.0.7 and 4.1.1 (Redmine Security).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to execute malicious scripts through stored XSS attacks, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information, session hijacking, or other malicious activities in the context of the affected Redmine installation (Debian Security).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was fixed in Redmine versions 4.0.7 and 4.1.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to these or later versions. For Debian 9 stretch users, the fix was included in version 3.3.1-4+deb9u4 (Debian LTS).

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