Input validation error in OTRS - CVE-2009-5056
Published: March 18, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45206
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-5056
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: otrs.org
Affected software:
OTRS
OTRS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to gain access to sensitive information.
Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) before 2.4.0-beta2 does not properly enforce the move_into permission setting for a queue, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and read a ticket by watching this ticket, and then selecting the ticket from the watched-tickets list.
How to mitigate CVE-2009-5056
Install update from vendor's website.