PT-2009-5611 · Gforge · Gforge

Published 2009-11-24 · Updated 2009-11-24 · CVE-2009-3303

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GForge versions 4.5.14, 4.7 rc2, 4.8.1

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the helpname parameter in the "/www/help/tracker.php" API endpoint.

Recommendations For GForge version 4.5.14, update to a version that fixes this issue. For GForge version 4.7 rc2, update to a version that fixes this issue. For GForge version 4.8.1, update to a version that fixes this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "/www/help/tracker.php" endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the helpname parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3303

DSA-1937-1

Affected Products

Gforge

References · 5

• http://secunia.com/advisories/37450 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3303 · Security Note
• http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14-22etch12.diff.gz · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/37088 · Patch
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1937 · Patch, Vendor Advisory