CVE-2012-4600: otrs Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-4600 is a low (CVSS 2.6) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in otrs. EPSS estimates a 6.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1Timeline
- 31-08-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) Help Desk 2.4.x before 2.4.14, 3.0.x before 3.0.16, and 3.1.x before 3.1.10, when Firefox or Opera is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an e-mail message body with nested HTML tags.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
6.35%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 6.35% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (kb.cert.org)
Maturity: unknown
OTRS 3.1 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting
Maturity: poc
OTRS Open Technology Real Services 3.1.8/3.1.9 - Cross-Site Scripting
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Otrs2 products
- otrs2.4.0:beta1 | 2.4.0:beta2 | 2.4.0:beta3 | 2.4.0:beta4 | 2.4.0:beta5 | 2.4.0:beta6 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.4.4 | 2.4.5 | 2.4.6 | 2.4.7 | 2.4.8 | 2.4.9 | 2.4.10 | 2.4.11 | 2.4.12 | 2.4.13 | 3.0.0:beta1 | 3.0.0:beta2 | 3.0.0:beta3 | 3.0.0:beta4 | 3.0.0:beta5 | 3.0.0:beta6 | 3.0.0:beta7 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.7 | 3.0.8 | 3.0.9 | 3.0.10 | 3.0.11 | 3.0.12 | 3.0.13 | 3.0.14 | 3.0.15 | 3.1.0 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.7 | 3.1.8 | 3.1.9
- otrs_itsm3.0.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6
Debian1 product
- otrs2< 3.1.7+dfsg1-5
Ubuntu1 product
- otrs2< 3.3.2-1 | < 5.0.7-1 | < 6.0.5-1
3 vendors · 4 products
References
8 links- znuny.com/en/X Refsource MISC
- www.otrs.com/de/open-source/community-news/security-advisories/security-advisory-2012-02/X Refsource CONFIRMVendor AdvisoryREPORT
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/511404Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERT VNExploitUS Government ResourceREPORT
- znuny.com/en/REPORT