XSS vulnerability in Time Accounting

published 2021-07-26 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-8716

cvss: 4.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits: 0; none known

In the project create screen it's possible to inject malicious JS code to the certain fields. The code might be executed in the Reporting screen. This issue affects: OTRS AG Time Accounting: 7.0.x versions prior to 7.0.19.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

OTRS AG Time Accounting 7.0.19

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Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

OTRS AG Time Accounting

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

otrs.com /release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2021-12/
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-21442
NVD CVE-2021-21442

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