CVE-2008-5647 — trac
MEDIUMCVE-2008-5647 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability in trac. A fix is available for trac — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Trac has vulnerability in HTML sanitizer filter
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Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the HTML sanitizer filter in Trac before 0.11.2 allows attackers to conduct phishing attacks via unknown attack vectors.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | trac | all versions | 0.11.2pip install --upgrade 'trac==0.11.2' |
Affected Products
tractracDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for trac, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update trac to 0.11.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2008-5647 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
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