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CVE-2020-1771 (GCVE-0-2020-1771)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-27 12:47 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:28
VLAI
Title
Possible XSS in Customer user address book
Summary
Attacker is able craft an article with a link to the customer address book with malicious content (JavaScript). When agent opens the link, JavaScript code is executed due to the missing parameter encoding. This issue affects: ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.26 and prior versions. OTRS: 7.0.15 and prior versions.
Severity
4.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition Affected: 6.0.x , ≤ 6.0.26 (custom)
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OTRS AG OTRS Affected: 7.0.x , ≤ 7.0.15 (custom)
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Date Public
2020-03-27 00:00
Credits
Christoph Wuetschner
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