CVE-2024-23794
MEDIUMDescription
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the inline editing functionality of OTRS can lead to privilege escalation. This flaw allows an agent with read-only permissions to gain full access to a ticket. This issue arises in very rare instances when an admin has previously enabled the setting 'RequiredLock' of 'AgentFrontend::Ticket::InlineEditing::Property###Watch' in the system configuration.This issue affects OTRS: * 8.0.X * 2023.X * from 2024.X through 2024.4.x
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 19% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-28000 | Critical | 9.8 | 68% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2025-27007 | Critical | 9.8 | 51% | - | - |
| CVE-2025-47539 | Critical | 9.8 | 31% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2022-20759 | High | 8.8 | 28% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-13106 | Medium | 5.3 | 27% | - | - |
| CVE-2024-3013 | Medium | 6.3 | 23% | - | - |
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