CVE-2019-16375
Publication date 19 March 2020
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| otrs2 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage | |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
References
Other references
- https://community.otrs.com/security-advisory-2019-13-security-update-for-otrs-framework/
- https://github.com/OTRS/otrs/commit/aeb33d800716e2a6653597aa86314c4cbdadb678 (6.x)
- https://github.com/OTRS/otrs/commit/03ca8f396b1aa9933c212a63f52a9ea26c06e7da (5.x)
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16375