CVE-2008-7283 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2008-7283?

CVE-2008-7283 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Otrs Otrs, published on 18 Mar 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) before 2.2.6, when customer group support is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform web-interface updates to tickets by leveraging queue read permissions.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7283?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Otrs Otrs.

How do I fix CVE-2008-7283?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2008-7283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-7283, GHSA-vgm4-v633-q73c.