XSS in Redmine

CVE-2022-44637

Redmine before 4.2.9 and 5.0.x before 5.0.4 allows persistent XSS in its Textile formatter due to improper sanitization in Redcloth3 Textile-formatted fields. Depending on the configuration, this may require login as a registered user.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (35.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Redmine
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-44637?: CVE-2022-44637 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redmine, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-44637?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.