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CVE-2023-6254 (GCVE-0-2023-6254)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-27 09:44 – Updated: 2024-10-15 17:45
VLAI
Title
Password is send back to client
Summary
A Vulnerability in OTRS AgentInterface and ExternalInterface allows the reading of plain text passwords which are send back to the client in the server response- This issue affects OTRS: from 8.0.X through 8.0.37.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-15 17:15 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
OTRS AG OTRS Affected: 8.0.x , ≤ 8.0.37 (Patch)
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Date Public
2023-11-27 08:00
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