CVE-2012-4751

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) Help Desk 2.4.x before 2.4.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.17, and 3.1.x before 3.1.11 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an e-mail message body with whitespace before a javascript: URL in the SRC attribute of an element, as demonstrated by an IFRAME element.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.86% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory otrs.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00036.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56093 vdb entry
http://znuny.com/assets/proof_of_concept_cve_2012-4751-znuny.py exploit
http://www.otrs.com/en/open-source/community-news/security-advisories/security-advisory-2012-03/ vendor advisory
http://znuny.com/en/#%21/advisory/ZSA-2012-03
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/603276 third party advisory us government resource
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117504/OTRS-3.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-4751?
CVE-2012-4751 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-4751?
To fix CVE-2012-4751, 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-2012-4751 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-4751 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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