# CVE-2015-1464: Auth bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack user sessions in Request Tracker via a malicious RSS feed URL, requiring user interaction to click the link.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Mar 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1464, GHSA-g28c-mrpm-x2wh

## What is CVE-2015-1464?

CVE-2015-1464 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Mar 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

RT (aka Request Tracker) before 4.0.23 and 4.2.x before 4.2.10 allows remote attackers to hijack sessions via an RSS feed URL.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1464?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Bestpractical Request Tracker, Fedoraproject Fedora.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-1464?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-1464 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1464 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora

- [CVE-2026-44231](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44231/): RT: Privilege escalation and information disclosure via REST 2.0 user collection endpoint (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2017-5943](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5943/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-5944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5944/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-41259](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41259/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-41260](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41260/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-1464 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-1464 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Mar 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1464 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1464/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1464/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1464
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1464
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1464

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1464/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.