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otrs -- XSS vulnerability could lead to remote code execution

Affected packages
3.1.* <= otrs < 3.1.11

Details

VuXML ID 84065569-7fb4-11e2-9c5a-000d601460a4
Discovery 2012-10-16
Entry 2013-02-25

The OTRS Project reports:

This advisory covers vulnerabilities discovered in the OTRS core system. This is a variance of the XSS vulnerability, where an attacker could send a specially prepared HTML email to OTRS which would cause JavaScript code to be executed in your browser while displaying the email. In this case this is achieved by using javascript source attributes with whitespaces.

Affected by this vulnerability are all releases of OTRS 2.4.x up to and including 2.4.14, 3.0.x up to and including 3.0.16 and 3.1.x up to and including 3.1.10.

References

CVE Name CVE-2012-4751
URL http://www.otrs.com/en/open-source/community-news/security-advisories/security-advisory-2012-03