request-tracker5 — security advisory
The Request Tracker software is vulnerable to a Stored XSS vulnerability in calendar invitation parsing feature, which displays invitation data without HTML sanitization. XSS vulnerability allows an attacker to send a specifically crafted e-mail enabling JavaScript code execution by displaying the ticket in the context of the logged-in user. This vulnerability affects versions from 5.0.4 through 5.0.8 and from 6.0.0 through 6.0.1.
- Products
- request-tracker5
- Affected versions
- 5.0.7+dfsg-4
- Fixed versions
- 5.0.7+dfsg-4+deb13u1, 5.0.7+dfsg-5
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-9158
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 28 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The Request Tracker software is vulnerable to a Stored XSS vulnerability in calendar invitation parsing feature, which displays invitation data without HTML sanitization. XSS vulnerability allows an attacker to send a specifically crafted e-mail enabling JavaScript code execution by displaying the ticket in the context of the logged-in user. This vulnerability affects versions from 5.0.4 through 5.0.8 and from 6.0.0 through 6.0.1.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9158
request-tracker5
Fixed versions: 5.0.7+dfsg-4+deb13u1
request-tracker5
Fixed versions: 5.0.7+dfsg-5
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-09T09:47:25.417382206Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 111488,
"published_at": "2025-10-24T06:15:35.983+00:00"
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