CVE-2019-9752
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5.x before 5.0.34, 6.x before 6.0.16...
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5.x before 5.0.34, 6.x before 6.0.16, and 7.x before 7.0.4. An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent or a customer user may upload a carefully crafted resource in order to cause execution of JavaScript in the context of OTRS. This is related to Content-type mishandling in Kernel/Modules/PictureUpload.pm.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.4
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5.x before 5.0.34, 6.x before 6.0.16, and 7.x before 7.0.4. An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent or a customer user may upload a carefully crafted resource in order to cause execution of JavaScript in the context of OTRS. This is related to Content-type mishandling in Kernel/Modules/PictureUpload.pm.
- Record
CVE-2019-9752- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5.x before 5.0.34, 6.x before 6.0.16, and 7.x before 7.0.4. An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent or a customer user may upload a carefully crafted resource in order to cause execution of JavaScript in the context of OTRS. This is related to Content-type mishandling in Kernel/Modules/PictureUpload.pm.
- Record
CVE-2019-9752- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-19115 No score
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5.x before 5.0.34, 6.x before 6.0.16, and 7.x before 7.0.4. An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent or a customer user may upload a carefully crafted resource in order to cause execution of JavaScript in the context of OTRS. This is related to Content-type mishandling in Kernel/Modules/PictureUpload.pm.
- Record
EUVD-2019-19115- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-246f-fqrw-2v49
5.4
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5.x before 5.0.34, 6.x before 6.0.16...
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5.x before 5.0.34, 6.x before 6.0.16, and 7.x before 7.0.4. An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent or a customer user may upload a carefully crafted resource in order to cause execution of JavaScript in the context of OTRS. This is related to Content-type mishandling in Kernel/Modules/PictureUpload.pm.
- Record
GHSA-246f-fqrw-2v49- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.4
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5.x before 5.0.34, 6.x before 6.0.16, and 7.x before 7.0.4. An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent or a customer user may upload a carefully crafted resource in order to cause execution of JavaScript in the context of OTRS. This is related to Content-type mishandling in Kernel/Modules/PictureUpload.pm.
- Record
CVE-2019-9752- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-9752
5.4
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5.x before 5.0.34, 6.x before 6.0.16, and 7.x before 7.0.4. An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent or a customer user may upload a carefully crafted resource in order to cause execution of JavaScript in the context of OTRS. This is related to Content-type mishandling in Kernel/Modules/PictureUpload.pm.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9752- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-9752
5.4
An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5.x before 5.0.34, 6.x before 6.0.16, and 7.x before 7.0.4. An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent or a customer user may upload a carefully crafted resource in order to cause execution of JavaScript in the context of OTRS. This is related to Content-type mishandling in Kernel/Modules/PictureUpload.pm.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9752- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0551-1 No score
Recommended update for otrs
Otrs was updated to 5.0.42, fixing lots of bugs and security issues:
https://community.otrs.com/otrs-community-edition-5s-patch-level-42/
- CVE-2020-1773 boo#1168029 OSA-2020-10:
- Session / Password / Password token leak 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.
- CVE-2020-1772 boo#1168029 OSA-2020-09:
- Information Disclosure It’s possible to craft Lost Password requests with wildcards in the Token value, which allows attacker to retrieve valid Token(s), generated by users which already requested new passwords.
- CVE-2020-1771 boo#1168030 OSA-2020-08:
- Possible XSS in Customer user address book Attacker is able craft an article with a link to the customer address book with malicious content (JavaScript). When agent opens the link, JavaScript code is executed due to the missing parameter encoding.
- CVE-2020-1770 boo#1168031 OSA-2020-07:
- Information disclosure in support bundle files Support bundle generated files could contain sensitive information that might be unwanted to be disclosed.
- CVE-2020-1769 boo#1168032 OSA-2020-06:
- Autocomplete in the form login screens In the login screens (in agent and customer interface), Username and Password fields use autocomplete, which might be considered as security issue.
Update to 5.0.41 https://community.otrs.com/otrs-community-edition-5s-patch-level-41/
- bug#14912 - Installer refers to non-existing documentation
-
added code to upgrade OTRS from 4 to 5
READ UPGRADING.SUSE
- steps 1 to 4 are done by rpm pkg
- steps 5 to END need to be done manually cause of DB backup
Update to 5.0.40
https://community.otrs.com/otrs-community-edition-5s-patch-level-40/
-
CVE-2020-1766 boo#1160663 OSA-2020-02: Improper handling of uploaded inline images Due to improper handling of uploaded images it is possible in very unlikely and rare conditions to force the agents browser to execute malicious javascript from a special crafted SVG file rendered as inline jpg file.
- CVE-2020-1765, OSA-2020-01: Spoofing of From field in several screens An improper control of parameters allows the spoofing of the from fields of the following screens: AgentTicketCompose, AgentTicketForward, AgentTicketBounce and AgentTicketEmailOutbound
- run bin/otrs.Console.pl Maint::Config::Rebuild after the upgrade
-
Update 5.0.39 https://community.otrs.com/otrs-community-edition-5s-patch-level-39/
-
CVE-2019-18180 boo#1157001 OSA-2019-15: Denial of service OTRS can be put into an endless loop by providing filenames with overly long extensions. This applies to the PostMaster (sending in email) and also upload (attaching files to mails, for example).
-
CVE-2019-18179 OSA-2019-14: Information Disclosure An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent is able to list tickets assigned to other agents, which are in the queue where attacker doesn’t have permissions.
Update to 5.0.38 https://community.otrs.com/release-notes-otrs-5s-patch-level-38/
- CVE-2019-16375, boo#1156431 OSA-2019-13: Stored XXS An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent or customer user with appropriate permissions can create a carefully crafted string containing malicious JavaScript code as an article body. This malicious code is executed when an agent compose an answer to the original article.
Update to 5.0.37 https://community.otrs.com/release-notes-otrs-5s-patch-level-37/
-
CVE-2019-13458, boo#1141432, OSA-2019-12:
Information Disclosure An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent user with appropriate permissions can leverage OTRS tags in templates in order to disclose hashed user passwords.
-
CVE-2019-13457, boo#1141431, OSA-2019-11:
…
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0551-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:1475-1 No score
Recommended update for otrs
Otrs was updated to 5.0.42, fixing lots of bugs and security issues:
https://community.otrs.com/otrs-community-edition-5s-patch-level-42/
- CVE-2020-1773 boo#1168029 OSA-2020-10:
- Session / Password / Password token leak 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.
- CVE-2020-1772 boo#1168029 OSA-2020-09:
- Information Disclosure It’s possible to craft Lost Password requests with wildcards in the Token value, which allows attacker to retrieve valid Token(s), generated by users which already requested new passwords.
- CVE-2020-1771 boo#1168030 OSA-2020-08:
- Possible XSS in Customer user address book Attacker is able craft an article with a link to the customer address book with malicious content (JavaScript). When agent opens the link, JavaScript code is executed due to the missing parameter encoding.
- CVE-2020-1770 boo#1168031 OSA-2020-07:
- Information disclosure in support bundle files Support bundle generated files could contain sensitive information that might be unwanted to be disclosed.
- CVE-2020-1769 boo#1168032 OSA-2020-06:
- Autocomplete in the form login screens In the login screens (in agent and customer interface), Username and Password fields use autocomplete, which might be considered as security issue.
Update to 5.0.41 https://community.otrs.com/otrs-community-edition-5s-patch-level-41/
- bug#14912 - Installer refers to non-existing documentation
-
added code to upgrade OTRS from 4 to 5
READ UPGRADING.SUSE
- steps 1 to 4 are done by rpm pkg
- steps 5 to END need to be done manually cause of DB backup
Update to 5.0.40
https://community.otrs.com/otrs-community-edition-5s-patch-level-40/
-
CVE-2020-1766 boo#1160663 OSA-2020-02: Improper handling of uploaded inline images Due to improper handling of uploaded images it is possible in very unlikely and rare conditions to force the agents browser to execute malicious javascript from a special crafted SVG file rendered as inline jpg file.
- CVE-2020-1765, OSA-2020-01: Spoofing of From field in several screens An improper control of parameters allows the spoofing of the from fields of the following screens: AgentTicketCompose, AgentTicketForward, AgentTicketBounce and AgentTicketEmailOutbound
- run bin/otrs.Console.pl Maint::Config::Rebuild after the upgrade
-
Update 5.0.39 https://community.otrs.com/otrs-community-edition-5s-patch-level-39/
-
CVE-2019-18180 boo#1157001 OSA-2019-15: Denial of service OTRS can be put into an endless loop by providing filenames with overly long extensions. This applies to the PostMaster (sending in email) and also upload (attaching files to mails, for example).
-
CVE-2019-18179 OSA-2019-14: Information Disclosure An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent is able to list tickets assigned to other agents, which are in the queue where attacker doesn’t have permissions.
Update to 5.0.38 https://community.otrs.com/release-notes-otrs-5s-patch-level-38/
- CVE-2019-16375, boo#1156431 OSA-2019-13: Stored XXS An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent or customer user with appropriate permissions can create a carefully crafted string containing malicious JavaScript code as an article body. This malicious code is executed when an agent compose an answer to the original article.
Update to 5.0.37 https://community.otrs.com/release-notes-otrs-5s-patch-level-37/
-
CVE-2019-13458, boo#1141432, OSA-2019-12:
Information Disclosure An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent user with appropriate permissions can leverage OTRS tags in templates in order to disclose hashed user passwords.
-
CVE-2019-13457, boo#1141431, OSA-2019-11:
…
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:1475-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:1509-1 No score
Recommended update for otrs
Otrs was updated to 5.0.42, fixing lots of bugs and security issues:
https://community.otrs.com/otrs-community-edition-5s-patch-level-42/
- CVE-2020-1773 boo#1168029 OSA-2020-10:
- Session / Password / Password token leak 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.
- CVE-2020-1772 boo#1168029 OSA-2020-09:
- Information Disclosure It’s possible to craft Lost Password requests with wildcards in the Token value, which allows attacker to retrieve valid Token(s), generated by users which already requested new passwords.
- CVE-2020-1771 boo#1168030 OSA-2020-08:
- Possible XSS in Customer user address book Attacker is able craft an article with a link to the customer address book with malicious content (JavaScript). When agent opens the link, JavaScript code is executed due to the missing parameter encoding.
- CVE-2020-1770 boo#1168031 OSA-2020-07:
- Information disclosure in support bundle files Support bundle generated files could contain sensitive information that might be unwanted to be disclosed.
- CVE-2020-1769 boo#1168032 OSA-2020-06:
- Autocomplete in the form login screens In the login screens (in agent and customer interface), Username and Password fields use autocomplete, which might be considered as security issue.
Update to 5.0.41 https://community.otrs.com/otrs-community-edition-5s-patch-level-41/
- bug#14912 - Installer refers to non-existing documentation
-
added code to upgrade OTRS from 4 to 5
READ UPGRADING.SUSE
- steps 1 to 4 are done by rpm pkg
- steps 5 to END need to be done manually cause of DB backup
Update to 5.0.40
https://community.otrs.com/otrs-community-edition-5s-patch-level-40/
-
CVE-2020-1766 boo#1160663 OSA-2020-02: Improper handling of uploaded inline images Due to improper handling of uploaded images it is possible in very unlikely and rare conditions to force the agents browser to execute malicious javascript from a special crafted SVG file rendered as inline jpg file.
- CVE-2020-1765, OSA-2020-01: Spoofing of From field in several screens An improper control of parameters allows the spoofing of the from fields of the following screens: AgentTicketCompose, AgentTicketForward, AgentTicketBounce and AgentTicketEmailOutbound
- run bin/otrs.Console.pl Maint::Config::Rebuild after the upgrade
-
Update 5.0.39 https://community.otrs.com/otrs-community-edition-5s-patch-level-39/
-
CVE-2019-18180 boo#1157001 OSA-2019-15: Denial of service OTRS can be put into an endless loop by providing filenames with overly long extensions. This applies to the PostMaster (sending in email) and also upload (attaching files to mails, for example).
-
CVE-2019-18179 OSA-2019-14: Information Disclosure An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent is able to list tickets assigned to other agents, which are in the queue where attacker doesn’t have permissions.
Update to 5.0.38 https://community.otrs.com/release-notes-otrs-5s-patch-level-38/
- CVE-2019-16375, boo#1156431 OSA-2019-13: Stored XXS An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent or customer user with appropriate permissions can create a carefully crafted string containing malicious JavaScript code as an article body. This malicious code is executed when an agent compose an answer to the original article.
Update to 5.0.37 https://community.otrs.com/release-notes-otrs-5s-patch-level-37/
-
CVE-2019-13458, boo#1141432, OSA-2019-12:
Information Disclosure An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent user with appropriate permissions can leverage OTRS tags in templates in order to disclose hashed user passwords.
-
CVE-2019-13457, boo#1141431, OSA-2019-11:
…
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:1509-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
otrs2Debian:11 |
before 6.0.16-1, plus listed versions 2.0.4p01-102.0.4p01-112.0.4p01-122.0.4p01-132.0.4p01-14 Show 45 moreShow less2.0.4p01-14.12.0.4p01-152.0.4p01-162.0.4p01-172.0.4p01-182.0.4p01-62.0.4p01-72.0.4p01-82.0.4p01-92.0.99beta1-12.0.99beta1-22.1.1-12.1.3-12.1.4-12.1.4-22.1.5-12.1.5-22.1.5-32.1.6-12.1.7-12.1.7-22.2.0~beta2-12.2.0~beta3-12.2.1-12.2.2-12.2.3-12.2.4-12.2.5-12.2.5-22.2.6-12.2.7-12.2.7-22.2.7-2lenny12.2.7-2lenny22.2.7-2lenny32.2.7-32.3.2-12.3.2-22.3.3-12.3.4-12.3.4-22.3.4-32.3.4-42.3.4-52.3.4-6 |
6.0.16-1 |
otrs2Debian:8 |
before 3.3.18-1+deb8u8, plus listed versions 3.3.10-13.3.11-13.3.18-1+deb8u13.3.18-1+deb8u23.3.18-1+deb8u3 Show 9 moreShow less3.3.18-1+deb8u43.3.18-1+deb8u53.3.18-1+deb8u63.3.18-1+deb8u73.3.18-1~deb7u13.3.18-1~deb7u23.3.18-1~deb7u33.3.9-33.3.9-3+deb8u1 |
3.3.18-1+deb8u8 |
otrs2Ubuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.0.10-15.0.1-15.0.1-25.0.2-15.0.3-15.0.5-15.0.6-15.0.7-1 |
None known |
otrs2Ubuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.0.23-15.0.24-16.0.1-16.0.2-16.0.3-16.0.4-16.0.5-1 |
None known |
otrsSUSE:Package Hub 15 |
before 5.0.42-bp151.3.3.1 | 5.0.42-bp151.3.3.1 |
otrsSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1 |
before 5.0.42-bp151.3.3.1 | 5.0.42-bp151.3.3.1 |
otrsopenSUSE:Leap 15.1 |
before 5.0.42-bp151.3.3.1 | 5.0.42-bp151.3.3.1 |
otrsSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1 |
before 6.0.29-bp152.2.5.4 | 6.0.29-bp152.2.5.4 |
otrsSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP2 |
before 6.0.29-bp152.2.5.4 | 6.0.29-bp152.2.5.4 |
otrsopenSUSE:Leap 15.1 |
before 6.0.29-bp152.2.5.4 | 6.0.29-bp152.2.5.4 |
otrsopenSUSE:Leap 15.2 |
before 6.0.29-bp152.2.5.4 | 6.0.29-bp152.2.5.4 |
otrsSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP2 |
before 6.0.29-bp152.2.8.1 | 6.0.29-bp152.2.8.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-9752 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Otrs, published March 13, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.06%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in otrs2 6.0.16-1.
References
community.otrs.com/security-advisory-2019-01-security-update-for-otrs-framework
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00023.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00038.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00066.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00077.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9752
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github.com/advisories/GHSA-246f-fqrw-2v49
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9752
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9752
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9752
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/HV3MGQ2UEPGYIRJRUZLM3IXFHMD2WSCZ
bugzilla.suse.com/1122560
bugzilla.suse.com/1137614
bugzilla.suse.com/1137615
bugzilla.suse.com/1139406
bugzilla.suse.com/1141430
bugzilla.suse.com/1141431
bugzilla.suse.com/1141432
bugzilla.suse.com/1156431
bugzilla.suse.com/1157001
bugzilla.suse.com/1160663
bugzilla.suse.com/1168029
bugzilla.suse.com/1168030
bugzilla.suse.com/1168031
bugzilla.suse.com/1168032
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10067
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12248
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12497
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12746
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13457
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13458
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16375
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18179
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18180
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9752
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9892
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1765
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1766
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1769
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1770
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1771
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1772
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1773
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/3LYOX4CJJPHH5WJGU4WJCXSIRJ5YPPB7
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/S5NKKTAPXGTZI4XHFQ7KLWHRJLJIOZSW
Left out here: 167 versions and the rest of 3 source descriptions. The JSON record has them.