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critical 9.4

CVE-2016-5843 json

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the FAQ package 2.x before 2.3.6, 4.x before 4.0.5, and 5.x before 5.0.5 in Open Ticket Request S…

published 2016-09-17 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-6778

cvss
9.4
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the FAQ package 2.x before 2.3.6, 4.x before 4.0.5, and 5.x before 5.0.5 in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via crafted search parameters.

Patch / fix

  • gst-plugins-bad1 Alpine 3.5, Alpine 3.4 1.8.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-5843

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

3.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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