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high 8.2

CVE-2024-43444 json

Passwords are written to Admin Log Module

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-40281

cvss
8.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Passwords of agents and customers are displayed in plain text in the OTRS admin log module if certain configurations regarding the authentication sources match and debugging for the authentication backend has been enabled.

This issue affects:

* OTRS from 7.0.X through 7.0.50 * OTRS 8.0.X * OTRS 2023.X * OTRS from 2024.X through 2024.5.X * ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.x

Products based on the ((OTRS)) Community Edition also very likely to be affected

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • OTRS AG OTRS
  • OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition
  • otrs otrs

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

Sources

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