#VU51860 Cross-site scripting in OTRS - CVE-2019-16375
Published: March 19, 2020 / Updated: April 1, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU51860
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16375
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OTRS
OTRS
Software vendor:
otrs.org
otrs.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 7.0.x through 7.0.11, and Community Edition 5.0.x through 5.0.37 and 6.0.x through 6.0.22. An attacker who is logged in as an agent or customer user with appropriate permissions can create a carefully crafted string containing malicious JavaScript code as an article body. This malicious code is executed when an agent composes an answer to the original article.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00066.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00077.html
- https://community.otrs.com/category/security-advisories-en/
- https://otrs.com/release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2019-13/