VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-8474

high
Published 2016-04-12 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
7.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.4

Description

Open redirect vulnerability in the valid_back_url function in app/controllers/application_controller.rb in Redmine before 2.6.7, 3.0.x before 3.0.5, and 3.1.x before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a crafted back_url parameter, as demonstrated by "@attacker.com," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1985.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.2.0-1
debian debiansidfixed3.2.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.2.0-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
redmineredmine{"endIncluding":"2.6.6"}
redmineredmine2.5.1
redmineredmine3.0.0
redmineredmine3.0.1
redmineredmine3.0.2
redmineredmine3.0.3
redmineredmine3.0.4
redmineredmine3.1.0

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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