CVE-2020-36306
Redmine before 4.0.7 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1 has XSS via the back_url field.
Redmine before 4.0.7 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1 has XSS via the back_url field.
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
6.1
Redmine before 4.0.7 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1 has XSS via the back_url field.
- Record
CVE-2020-36306- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/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
Redmine before 4.0.7 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1 has XSS via the back_url field.
- Record
CVE-2020-36306- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-23848 No score
Redmine before 4.0.7 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1 has XSS via the back_url field.
- Record
EUVD-2020-23848- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4fxw-r56f-g632 No score
Redmine before 4.0.7 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1 has XSS via the back_url field.
Redmine before 4.0.7 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1 has XSS via the back_url field.
- Record
GHSA-4fxw-r56f-g632- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.1
Redmine before 4.0.7 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1 has XSS via the back_url field.
- Record
CVE-2020-36306- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-36306
6.1
Redmine before 4.0.7 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1 has XSS via the back_url field.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36306- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-36306
6.1
Redmine before 4.0.7 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1 has XSS via the back_url field.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36306- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-redmine-2020-36306 No score
Redmine before 4.0.7 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1 has XSS via the back_url field.
- Record
BIT-redmine-2020-36306- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
redmineBitnami |
before 4.0.7, 4.1.0 up to 4.1.1 | 4.0.74.1.1 |
redmineDebian:12 |
before 4.0.7-1 | 4.0.7-1 |
redmineDebian:13 |
before 4.0.7-1 | 4.0.7-1 |
redmineDebian:14 |
before 4.0.7-1 | 4.0.7-1 |
redmineDebian:9 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 3.3.1-4+deb9u4, plus listed versions 3.3.1-43.3.1-4+deb9u13.3.1-4+deb9u23.3.1-4+deb9u3 |
3.3.1-4+deb9u4 |
redmineUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.0~20140825-83.2.0-13.2.0-33.2.1-13.2.1-23.2.1-2ubuntu0.2 |
None known |
redmineUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.3.1-43.4.2-13.4.4-13.4.4-1ubuntu0.1 |
None known |
redmineUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.0.4-14.0.4-34.0.6-2 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| 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-2020-36306 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Redmine, published April 6, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, the 54th percentile. Fixed in redmine 4.0.7.
References
redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Security_Advisories
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00013.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36306
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4fxw-r56f-g632
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36306
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36306
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36306