CVE-2023-41259 (GCVE-0-2023-41259)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) before 4.4.7 and 5.x before 5.0.5 allows Information Disclosure via fake or spoofed RT email headers in an email message or a mail-gateway REST API call.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-05 14:52 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| best_practical_solutions | request_tracker |
Affected:
0 , < 4.4.7
(custom)
Affected: 5x , < 5.0.5 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:best_practical_solutions:request_tracker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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