Open Source Ticket Request System index.pl cross-site scripting
| otrs-index-xss (23359) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Open Source Ticket Request System (OTRS) is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. A remote authenticated attacker could send a specially-crafted URL to the index.pl script containing embedded code in the Action parameter, which once the link is clicked, would be executed within the security context of the hosting site.
Platforms Affected:
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- FreeBSD, FreeBSD
- OpenBSD, OpenBSD
- OTRS, OTRS 1.00 - 1.3.2
- OTRS, OTRS 2.0.0 - 2.0.3
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of OTRS (2.0.4 or 1.3.3 or later), available from the OTRS Web site. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-973-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Tue Nov 22 2005 - 15:31:42 CST, OTRS 1.x/2.x Multiple Security Issues at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0705.html.
- OTRS Web site, OTRS::Email Management::Trouble Ticket System::Welcome! at http://otrs.org/.
- BID-15537: OTRS Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-3894: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.pl in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 1.0.0 through 1.3.2 and 2.0.0 through 2.0.3 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) hex-encoded values in the QueueID parameter and (2) Action parameters.
- DSA-973: otrs -- several vulnerabilities
- OSVDB ID: 21067: OTRS (Open Ticket Request System) index.pl Multiple Variable XSS
- SA17685: OTRS SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1015262: OTRS Input Validation Bugs Permit SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
- SUSE-SR:2005:030: SUSE Security Summary Report
- VUPEN/ADV-2005-2535: OTRS Remote SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Nov 22, 2005
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