CVE-2009-4459 Information

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.

Reference

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10554 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37425 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54947