An external attacker is able to send a specially crafted email (with many recipients) and trigger a potential DoS of the system
A vulnerability in OTRS Application Server allows session hijacking due to missing attributes for sensitive cookie settings in HTTPS sessions. A request to an OTRS endpoint from a possible malicious web site, would send the authentication cookie, performing an unwanted read operation.
This issue affects:
OTRS 7.0.X OTRS 8.0.X OTRS 2023.X OTRS 2024.X OTRS 2025.x
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OTRS AG OTRS (Ticket Actions modules), OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition (Ticket Actions modules) allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects OTRS: from 7.0.X before 7.0.42; ((OTRS)) Community Edition: from 6.0.1 through 6.0.34.
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OTRS AG OTRS (ACL modules), OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition (ACL modules) allows Local Execution of Code. When creating/importing an ACL it was possible to inject code that gets executed via manipulated comments and ACL-names This issue affects OTRS: from 7.0.X before 7.0.42, from 8.0.X before 8.0.31; ((OTRS)) Community Edition: from 6.0.1 through 6.0.34.
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the ContentType parameter for attachments on TicketCreate or TicketUpdate operations of the OTRS Generic Interface modules allows any authenticated attacker to to perform an host header injection for the ContentType header of the attachment.
This issue affects OTRS: from 7.0.X before 7.0.45, from 8.0.X before 8.0.35; ((OTRS)) Community Edition: from 6.0.1 through 6.0.34.
An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an user with privileges to create and change customer user data may manipulate the CustomerID field to execute JavaScript code that runs immediatly after the data is saved.The issue onlyoccurs if the configuration for AdminCustomerUser::UseAutoComplete was changed before. This issue affects OTRS: from 7.0.X before 7.0.47, from 8.0.X before 8.0.37; ((OTRS)) Community Edition: from 6.0.X through 6.0.34.
The functions to fetch e-mail via POP3 or IMAP as well as sending e-mail via SMTP use OpenSSL for static SSL or TLS based communication. As the SSLgetverifyresult() function is not used the certificated is trusted always and it can not be ensured that the certificate satisfies all necessary security requirements.
This could allow an attacker to use an invalid certificate to claim to be a trusted host, use expired certificates, or conduct other attacks that could be detected if the certificate is properly validated.
This issue affects OTRS: from 7.0.X before 7.0.47, from 8.0.X before 8.0.37; ((OTRS)) Community Edition: from 6.0.X through 6.0.34.
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5.x before 5.0.34, 6.x before 6.0.16, and 7.x before 7.0.4. An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent or a customer user may upload a carefully crafted resource in order to cause execution of JavaScript in the context of OTRS. This is related to Content-type mishandling in Kernel/Modules/PictureUpload.pm.
Improper Neutralization of commands allowed to be executed via OTRS System Configuration e.g. SchedulerCronTaskModule using UnitTests modules allows any authenticated attacker with admin privileges local execution of Code.This issue affects OTRS: from 7.0.X before 7.0.45, from 8.0.X before 8.0.35; ((OTRS)) Community Edition: from 6.0.1 through 6.0.34.
An improper input validation vulnerability in OTRS Survey modules allows any attacker with a link to a valid and unanswered survey request to inject javascript code in free text answers. This allows a cross site scripting attack while reading the replies as authenticated agent. This issue affects OTRS Survey module from 7.0.X before 7.0.32, from 8.0.X before 8.0.13 and ((OTRS)) Community Edition Survey module from 6.0.X through 6.0.22.
Survey administrator can craft a survey in such way that malicious code can be executed in the agent interface (i.e. another agent who wants to make changes in the survey). This issue affects: OTRS AG Survey 6.0.x version 6.0.20 and prior versions; 7.0.x version 7.0.19 and prior versions.
It's possible to create an email which contains specially crafted link and it can be used to perform XSS attack. This issue affects: OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition:6.0.x version 6.0.1 and later versions. OTRS AG OTRS: 7.0.x version 7.0.27 and prior versions; 8.0.x version 8.0.14 and prior versions.
Accounted time is shown in the Ticket Detail View (External Interface), even if ExternalFrontend::TicketDetailView###AccountedTimeDisplay is disabled.
Malicious translator is able to inject JavaScript code in few translatable strings (where HTML is allowed). The code could be executed in the Package manager. This issue affects: OTRS AG OTRS 7.0.x version: 7.0.32 and prior versions, 8.0.x version: 8.0.19 and prior versions.
Agents are able to see linked FAQ articles without permissions (defined in FAQ Category). This issue affects: FAQ version 6.0.29 and prior versions, OTRS version 7.0.24 and prior versions.
Agent names that participates in a chat conversation are revealed in certain parts of the external interface as well as in chat transcriptions inside the tickets, when system is configured to mask real agent names. This issue affects OTRS; 7.0.21 and prior versions, 8.0.6 and prior versions.
When an agent user is renamed or set to invalid the session belonging to the user is keept active. The session can not be used to access ticket data in the case the agent is invalid. This issue affects ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.28 and prior versions. OTRS: 7.0.18 and prior versions, 8.0.4. and prior versions.
Article Bcc fields and agent personal information are shown when customer prints the ticket (PDF) via external interface. This issue affects: OTRS AG OTRS 7.0.x version 7.0.23 and prior versions; 8.0.x version 8.0.10 and prior versions.
BCC recipients in mails sent from OTRS are visible in article detail on external interface. This issue affects OTRS: 8.0.3 and prior versions, 7.0.17 and prior versions.
It's possible to create an email which can be stuck while being processed by PostMaster filters, causing DoS. This issue affects: OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition 6.0.x version 6.0.1 and later versions. OTRS AG OTRS 7.0.x version 7.0.28 and prior versions; 8.0.x version 8.0.15 and prior versions.
Agents are able to list customer user emails without required permissions in the bulk action screen. This issue affects: OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.x version 6.0.1 and later versions. OTRS AG OTRS: 7.0.x versions prior to 7.0.27.
DoS attack can be performed when an email contains specially designed URL in the body. It can lead to the high CPU usage and cause low quality of service, or in extreme case bring the system to a halt. This issue affects: OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition 6.0.x version 6.0.1 and later versions. OTRS AG OTRS 7.0.x version 7.0.26 and prior versions; 8.0.x version 8.0.13 and prior versions.
Agents are able to list appointments in the calendars without required permissions. This issue affects: OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.x version 6.0.1 and later versions. OTRS AG OTRS: 7.0.x versions prior to 7.0.27.
Malicious attacker is able to find out valid user logins by using the "lost password" feature. This issue affects: OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition version 6.0.1 and later versions. OTRS AG OTRS 7.0.x version 7.0.28 and prior versions.
Generated Support Bundles contains private S/MIME and PGP keys if containing folder is not hidden. This issue affects: OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition 6.0.x version 6.0.1 and later versions. OTRS AG OTRS 7.0.x version 7.0.27 and prior versions; 8.0.x version 8.0.14 and prior versions.
Attacker might be able to execute malicious Perl code in the Template toolkit, by having the admin installing an unverified 3th party package
When dynamic templates are used (OTRSTicketForms), admin can use OTRS tags which are not masked properly and can reveal sensitive information. This issue affects: OTRS AG OTRSTicketForms 6.0.x version 6.0.40 and prior versions; 7.0.x version 7.0.29 and prior versions; 8.0.x version 8.0.3 and prior versions.
Attacker is able to determine if the provided username exists (and it's valid) using Request New Password feature, based on the response time.
There is a XSS vulnerability in the ticket overview screens. It's possible to collect various information by having an e-mail shown in the overview screen. Attack can be performed by sending specially crafted e-mail to the system and it doesn't require any user intraction. This issue affects: OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition 6.0.x version 6.0.1 and later versions. OTRS AG OTRS 7.0.x version 7.0.26 and prior versions.
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 7.0.x through 7.0.12, and Community Edition 5.0.x through 5.0.38 and 6.0.x through 6.0.23. An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent is able to list tickets assigned to other agents, even tickets in a queue where the attacker doesn't have permissions.