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Status published
Medium
CVE-2015-6506
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cryptography interface in Request...
Vulnerability Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cryptography interface in Request Tracker (RT) before 4.2.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted public key.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bestpractical.com/release-notes/rt/4.2.12
- http://blog.bestpractical.com/2015/08/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165124.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164607.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3335
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165163.html
- https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/commit/36a461947b00b105336adb4997d
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 3rd, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.