CVE-2020-1765 Spoofing of From field in several screens

Low 3.5 Published Updated

Attackers can spoof the sender field in various OTRS ticketing screens, potentially misleading recipients about the email origin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-1765?

CVE-2020-1765 is a low-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 10 Jan 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An improper control of parameters allows the spoofing of the from fields of the following screens: AgentTicketCompose, AgentTicketForward, AgentTicketBounce and AgentTicketEmailOutbound. This issue affects: ((OTRS)) Community Edition 5.0.x version 5.0.39 and prior versions; 6.0.x version 6.0.24 and prior versions. OTRS 7.0.x version 7.0.13 and prior versions.

Weakness: CWE-472

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1765?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap, Otrs Otrs.

How do I fix CVE-2020-1765?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-1765 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1765 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1765, GHSA-rfv4-xfv7-5r3p, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1765.

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