CVE-2024-43442 (GCVE-0-2024-43442)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-26 08:42 – Updated: 2024-08-26 15:27
VLAI
Title
Stored XSS in System Configuration
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Input done by an attacker with admin privileges ('Cross-site Scripting') in  OTRS (System Configuration modules) and ((OTRS)) Community Edition allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) within the System Configuration targeting other admins. This issue affects:  * OTRS from 7.0.X through 7.0.50 * OTRS 8.0.X * OTRS 2023.X * OTRS from 2024.X through 2024.5.X * ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.x Products based on the ((OTRS)) Community Edition also very likely to be affected
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-26 15:26 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-790 - Improper Filtering of Special Elements
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
OTRS CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 75/100 over 17 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
OTRS AG OTRS Affected: 7.0.x , ≤ 7.0.50 (Patch)
Affected: 8.0.x
Affected: 2023.x
Affected: 2024.x , ≤ 2024.5.x (Patch)
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OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition Affected: 6.0.x
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Date Public
2024-08-26 08:00
Credits
Special thanks to Marek Holka for reporting these vulnerability.
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