CVE-2020-1773 Session / Password / Password token leak

High 7.3 Published 27 Mar 2020 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Attackers can predict session IDs and password reset tokens, potentially leading to unauthorized access to user accounts in OTRS.

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-2020-1773?

CVE-2020-1773 is a high-severity vulnerability in Otrs Otrs, published on 27 Mar 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 attacker with the ability to generate session IDs or password reset tokens, either by being able to authenticate or by exploiting OSA-2020-09, may be able to predict other users session IDs, password reset tokens and automatically generated passwords. This issue affects ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 5.0.41 and prior versions, 6.0.26 and prior versions. OTRS; 7.0.15 and prior versions.

Weakness: CWE-331

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1773?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Otrs Otrs.

How do I fix CVE-2020-1773?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-1773 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Otrs Otrs vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1773, GHSA-63m6-fqgg-rv45, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1773.