CVE-2009-5055 Missing authorization in n/a
Authenticated users can bypass ticket access restrictions by exploiting substring matching in CustomerID, allowing unauthorized reading of other users' tickets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-5055?
CVE-2009-5055 is a low-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 2.4.4 grants ticket access on the basis of single-digit substrings of the CustomerID value, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by visiting a ticket, as demonstrated by leveraging the CustomerID 12 account to read tickets that should be available only to CustomerID 1 or CustomerID 2.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-5055?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Otrs Otrs.
How do I fix CVE-2009-5055?
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-2009-5055 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-5055 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Otrs Otrs
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5055, GHSA-mc47-5crj-3q7q.