Possible XSS in Admin Interface

published 2022-09-05 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-41595

cvss: 3.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits: 0; none known

An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an admin user may manipulate the URL to cause execution of JavaScript in the context of OTRS.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

otrs otrs 7.0.37, 8.0.25

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Exploit prediction

0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	3.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

OTRS AG OTRS
OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

otrs.com /release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2022-10/
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-39049
NVD CVE-2022-39049

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