CVE-2015-8477
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Redmine before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Redmine before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving flash message rendering.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Redmine before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving flash message rendering.
- Record
CVE-2015-8477- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Redmine before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving flash message rendering.
- Record
CVE-2015-8477- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8358 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Redmine before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving flash message rendering.
- Record
EUVD-2015-8358- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2m2q-2ghr-grp8
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Redmine before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Redmine before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving flash message rendering.
- Record
GHSA-2m2q-2ghr-grp8- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Redmine before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving flash message rendering.
- Record
CVE-2015-8477- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-8477
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Redmine before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving flash message rendering.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8477- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-8477 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Redmine, published May 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.51%, the 74th percentile. Fixed in redmine 3.0~20140825-5.
References
redmine.org/projects/redmine/repository/entry/tags/2.6.2/doc/CHANGELOG
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/05/8
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8477
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2m2q-2ghr-grp8
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8477