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CVE-2024-43445

Missing X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff Header Allows MIME Type Sniffing

Severity Score

5.4
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

A vulnerability exists in OTRS and ((OTRS Community Edition)) that fail to set the HTTP response header X-Content-Type-Options to nosniff. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading or inserting content that would be treated as a different MIME type than intended. This issue affects: * OTRS 7.0.X * OTRS 8.0.X * OTRS 2023.X * OTRS 2024.X * ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.x Products based on the ((OTRS)) Community Edition also very likely to be affected

*Credits: Special thanks to Alissa Kim for reporting this vulnerability.
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-08-13 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-01-27 CVE Published
  • 2025-02-12 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CAPEC
  • CAPEC-148: Content Spoofing
References (1)
URL Tag Source
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
https://otrs.com/release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2025-01 2025-01-27
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Otrs Ag
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 Otrs
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Affected