CVE-2005-3895

Description

Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 1.0.0 through 1.3.2 and 2.0.0 through 2.0.3, when AttachmentDownloadType is set to inline, renders text/html e-mail attachments as HTML in the browser when the queue moderator attempts to download the attachment, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML. NOTE: this particular issue is referred to as XSS by some sources.

5.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.27% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory moritz-naumann.com Vendor Advisory otrs.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/18887	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/039001.html	mailing list
http://moritz-naumann.com/adv/0007/otrsmulti/0007.txt	patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23355	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/21066	vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/200	third party advisory
http://otrs.org/advisory/OSA-2005-01-en/	patch vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113272360804853&w=2	mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2535	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-973	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18101	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_30_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17685/	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15537/	vdb entry patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3895?: CVE-2005-3895 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3895?: To fix CVE-2005-3895, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3895 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-3895 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.