Request Tracker (RT) 4.x < 4.2.12 Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities
🗓️ 18 Jul 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 43 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RT -- two XSS vulnerabilities | 12 Aug 201500:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Best Practical Solutions Request Tracker Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability | 19 Aug 201500:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Request Tracker Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (CNVD-2015-05859) | 6 Sep 201500:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2015-5475 | 14 Aug 201518:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2015-6506 | 3 Sep 201514:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2015-5475 | 14 Aug 201518:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2015-6506 | 3 Sep 201514:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3335-1] request-tracker4 security update | 13 Aug 201513:16 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3335-1] request-tracker4 security update | 13 Aug 201513:16 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2015-5475 | 14 Aug 201518:00 | – | debiancve |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/76364 |
| docs | www.docs.bestpractical.com/release-notes/rt/4.2.12 |
| bestpractical | www.bestpractical.com/blog/2015/08/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:bestpractical:request_tracker";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811528");
script_version("2025-12-01T05:45:26+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-12-01 05:45:26 +0000 (Mon, 01 Dec 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-07-18 16:33:24 +0530 (Tue, 18 Jul 2017)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5475", "CVE-2015-6506");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Request Tracker (RT) 4.x < 4.2.12 Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_request_tracker_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("request_tracker/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Request Tracker (RT) is prone to multiple cross-site scripting
(XSS) vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following flaws exist:
- An insufficient validation of public key parameter in the cryptography interface.
- An insufficient sanitization of vectors related to the user and group rights management
pages.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site.
This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other
attacks.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Request Tracker (RT) version 4.x prior to 4.2.12.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.2.12 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.bestpractical.com/release-notes/rt/4.2.12");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76364");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bestpractical.com/blog/2015/08/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "4.0.0", test_version_up: "4.2.12")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.2.12", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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CVSS 24.3
EPSS0.02075