CVE-2013-5587

low
Published 2013-08-23 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.6
VIR risk
2.6

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.13, when MakeClicky is configured, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL in a ticket. NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT from CVE-2013-3371 due to different affected versions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5587

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/53522

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2013-May/000228.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2013-May/000227.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2013-May/000226.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.0.12-2
debian debianbullseyefixed4.0.12-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
bestpracticalrt4.0.0
bestpracticalrt4.0.1
bestpracticalrt4.0.2
bestpracticalrt4.0.3
bestpracticalrt4.0.4
bestpracticalrt4.0.5
bestpracticalrt4.0.6
bestpracticalrt4.0.7
bestpracticalrt4.0.8
bestpracticalrt4.0.9
bestpracticalrt4.0.10
bestpracticalrt4.0.11
bestpracticalrt4.0.12

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.