VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-16664

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-11-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Code injection exists in Kernel/System/Spelling.pm in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5 before 5.0.24, 4 before 4.0.26, and 3.3 before 3.3.20. In the agent interface, an authenticated remote attacker can execute shell commands as the webserver user via URL manipulation.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Primary references