VDB-215288 · CVE-2022-44031 · EUVD-2022-46993

Redmine up to 4.2.8/5.0.3 Textile Formatter cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Redmine up to 4.2.8/5.0.3. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Textile Formatter. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-44031. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Redmine up to 4.2.8/5.0.3 (Project Management Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Textile Formatter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Redmine before 4.2.9 and 5.0.x before 5.0.4 allows persistent XSS in its Textile formatter due to improper sanitization of the blockquote syntax in Textile-formatted fields.

The weakness was presented 12/12/2022. The advisory is shared for download at redmine.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-44031 since 10/30/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 257919 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-44031), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.2.9 or 5.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (257919) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-46993). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Project Management Software

Name

Redmine

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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NVD Base Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 257919
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-44031

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Redmine 4.2.9/5.0.4

Timelineinfo

10/30/2022 🔍
12/12/2022 +43 days 🔍
12/12/2022 +0 days 🔍
09/16/2026 +1374 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redmine.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-44031 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-44031
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-215288
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2022 08:22
Updated: 09/16/2026 05:37
Changes: 12/12/2022 08:22 (40), 01/02/2023 15:57 (11), 04/23/2025 03:25 (16), 08/30/2025 16:31 (2), 09/16/2026 05:37 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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