CVE-2024-43444 Passwords are written to Admin Log Module
Attackers with admin log access can view plaintext agent and customer passwords when authentication debugging is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-43444?
CVE-2024-43444 is a high-severity vulnerability in ((OTRS)) Community Edition, published on 26 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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
Weakness: CWE-532
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43444?
How do I fix CVE-2024-43444?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43444 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-43444 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43444 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m8cw-854g-5gvm, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43444.