CVE-2022-44031
Redmine before 4.2.9 and 5.0.x before 5.0.4 allows persistent XSS in its Textile formatter due to...
Redmine before 4.2.9 and 5.0.x before 5.0.4 allows persistent XSS in its Textile formatter due to improper sanitization of the blockquote syntax in Textile-formatted fields.
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 4.2.9 and 5.0.x before 5.0.4 allows persistent XSS in its Textile formatter due to improper sanitization of the blockquote syntax in Textile-formatted fields.
- Record
CVE-2022-44031- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
6.1
Redmine before 4.2.9 and 5.0.x before 5.0.4 allows persistent XSS in its Textile formatter due to improper sanitization of the blockquote syntax in Textile-formatted fields.
- Record
CVE-2022-44031- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-46993
6.1
Redmine before 4.2.9 and 5.0.x before 5.0.4 allows persistent XSS in its Textile formatter due to improper sanitization of the blockquote syntax in Textile-formatted fields.
- Record
EUVD-2022-46993- 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
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8474-8wmh-7hj8
6.1
Redmine before 4.2.9 and 5.0.x before 5.0.4 allows persistent XSS in its Textile formatter due to...
Redmine before 4.2.9 and 5.0.x before 5.0.4 allows persistent XSS in its Textile formatter due to improper sanitization of the blockquote syntax in Textile-formatted fields.
- Record
GHSA-8474-8wmh-7hj8- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.1
Redmine before 4.2.9 and 5.0.x before 5.0.4 allows persistent XSS in its Textile formatter due to improper sanitization of the blockquote syntax in Textile-formatted fields.
- Record
CVE-2022-44031- 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-2022-44031
6.1
Redmine before 4.2.9 and 5.0.x before 5.0.4 allows persistent XSS in its Textile formatter due to improper sanitization of the blockquote syntax in Textile-formatted fields.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-44031- 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-2022-44031 No score
Redmine before 4.2.9 and 5.0.x before 5.0.4 allows persistent XSS in its Textile formatter due to improper sanitization of the blockquote syntax in Textile-formatted fields.
- Record
BIT-redmine-2022-44031- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-44031 No score
Redmine before 4.2.9 and 5.0.x before 5.0.4 allows persistent XSS in its Textile formatter due to improper sanitization of the blockquote syntax in Textile-formatted fields.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-44031- Updated
- 2026-11-03
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
redmineBitnami |
before 4.2.9, 5.0.0 up to 5.0.4 | 4.2.95.0.4 |
redmineDebian:12 |
before 5.0.4-1 | 5.0.4-1 |
redmineDebian:13 |
before 5.0.4-1 | 5.0.4-1 |
redmineDebian:14 |
before 5.0.4-1 | 5.0.4-1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-44031 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Redmine, published December 12, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. Fixed in redmine 4.2.9.
References
redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Security_Advisories
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44031
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8474-8wmh-7hj8
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/44xxx/CVE-2022-44031.json
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-44031
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-44031
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-44031