Upload of files outside application directory
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The file upload feature in OTRS and ((OTRS)) Community Edition has a path traversal vulnerability. This issue permits authenticated agents or customer users to upload potentially harmful files to directories accessible by the web server, potentially leading to the execution of local code like Perl scripts. This issue affects OTRS: from 7.0.X through 7.0.49, 8.0.X, 2023.X, from 2024.X through 2024.3.2; ((OTRS)) Community Edition: from 6.0.1 through 6.0.34.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-23793
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cqhr-chmp-4x86
References
More OTRS AG vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-12458 In OTRS 6.0.x up to and including 6.0.1, OTRS 5.0.x up to and including 5.0.24, and OTRS… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-35608 SQL Injection via MySQL Quote Method CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2023-04991 SSL Certificates are not checked for E-Mail Handling CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2016-05069 Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the FAQ package 2.x before 2.3.6, 4.x before… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2024-29090 Passwords are written to Admin Log Module CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2022-04045 SQL Injection via OTRS Search API CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-23793 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-23793 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cqhr-chmp-4x86 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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