Medium severity · published Jul 3, 2017
CVE-2016-6127
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.25, 4.2.x before 4.2.14, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2, when the AlwaysDownloadAttachments config setting…
6.1
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.25, 4.2.x before 4.2.14, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2, when the AlwaysDownloadAttachments config setting is not in use, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a file upload with an unspecified content type.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RT
Request Tracker · Bestpractical
4.0.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.2; 4.0.3; 4.0.4; 4.0.5; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6127
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6127
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3882
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99375
Vendor Advisory
https://forum.bestpractical.com/t/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt-2017-06-15/32016
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