PT-2008-4388 · Edgewall · Trac

Published 2008-07-27 · Updated 2024-02-09 · CVE-2008-2951

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Trac versions prior to 0.10.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the q parameter, possibly related to the quickjump function. This can be exploited by including a malicious URL in the search query.

Recommendations For Trac versions prior to 0.10.5, update to version 0.10.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the search script or disabling the quickjump function to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the q parameter in the search endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Open Redirect

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-601

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2951

GHSA-RCMJ-XP8F-F6Q4

PYSEC-2008-4

Affected Products

Trac

References · 17

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2951 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg01261.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rcmj-xp8f-f6q4 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31314 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg01270.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2008-4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-2951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/trac/PYSEC-2008-4.yaml · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/70732 · Telegram Post
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30402 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44043 · Note
• http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/ChangeLog · Note
• http://osvdb.org/46513 · Note