Cross-site request forgery in OTRS Import/Export admin console
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
OTRS 7.0.x, 8.0.x, 2023.x, 2024.x, 2025.x, and 2026.x before 2026.7.X are affected, as is ((OTRS)) Community Edition 6.x and earlier. The AdminImportExport::TemplateDelete action does not validate the request's ChallengeToken, a Cross-Site Request Forgery weakness (CWE-352). An unauthenticated remote attacker can craft a request that deletes Import/Export templates when an administrator with an active session is induced to load it.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
An authenticated administrator can be induced to delete administrative Import/Export templates through a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack. The OTRS AdminImportExport::TemplateDelete action does not validate the request's ChallengeToken, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to craft a malicious request that is executed with the privileges of an active administrator session. This issue affects OTRS: * 7.0.X * 8.0.X * 2023.X * 2024.X * 2025.X * 2026.X before 2026.7.X Please note that ((OTRS)) Community Edition 6.x and before are vulnerable. Products based on the ((OTRS)) Community Edition also very likely to be affected
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTRS GmbH (former OTRS AG) | OTRS | 7.0.x and later; 8.0.x and later; 2023.x and later; 2024.x and later; 2025.x and later; 2026.x – 2026.6.x | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| OTRS GmbH (former OTRS AG) | ((OTRS)) Community Edition | 6.x and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- OTRS VendorOTRS GmbH (former OTRS AG) Affected 7.0.x and later; 8.0.x and later; 2023.x and later; 2024.x and later; 2025.x and later; 2026.x – 2026.6.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- ((OTRS)) Community Edition VendorOTRS GmbH (former OTRS AG) Affected 6.x and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for OTRS or for ((OTRS)) Community Edition.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48211
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-f36p-fv5h-jf99
- 2026-10-12 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More OTRS GmbH (former OTRS AG) vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-70873 Authentication bypass via spoofed Remote-User header in OTRS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-70866 Insufficient session revocation in OTRS lets old tokens stay valid CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-70864 Path traversal in OTRS SendSupportBundle allows file deletion CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-70865 Unauthenticated disclosure of OTRS Agent Frontend configuration CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-70872 Formula injection in OTRS CSV exports CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2026-70868 Duplicate customer identities across backends in OTRS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-48211 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-48211 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f36p-fv5h-jf99 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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