A vulnerability exists in OTRS and ((OTRS Community Edition)) that fail to set the HTTP response header X-Content-Type-Options to nosniff. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading or inserting content that would be treated as a different MIME type than intended.

This issue affects:

* OTRS 7.0.X

* OTRS 8.0.X
* OTRS 2023.X
* OTRS 2024.X

* ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.x

Products based on the ((OTRS)) Community Edition also very likely to be affected
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-40417 A vulnerability exists in OTRS and ((OTRS Community Edition)) that fail to set the HTTP response header X-Content-Type-Options to nosniff. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading or inserting content that would be treated as a different MIME type than intended. This issue affects: * OTRS 7.0.X * OTRS 8.0.X * OTRS 2023.X * OTRS 2024.X * ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.x Products based on the ((OTRS)) Community Edition also very likely to be affected
Fixes

Solution

Update to OTRS 2025.1.x. Please note that there will be no OTRS 7 patches


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 27 Jan 2025 06:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability exists in OTRS and ((OTRS Community Edition)) that fail to set the HTTP response header X-Content-Type-Options to nosniff. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading or inserting content that would be treated as a different MIME type than intended. This issue affects: * OTRS 7.0.X * OTRS 8.0.X * OTRS 2023.X * OTRS 2024.X * ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.x Products based on the ((OTRS)) Community Edition also very likely to be affected
Title Missing X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff Header Allows MIME Type Sniffing
Weaknesses CWE-20
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OTRS

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-12T20:41:31.932Z

Reserved: 2024-08-13T13:38:47.973Z

Link: CVE-2024-43445

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-12T20:36:37.749Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-01-27T06:15:23.743

Modified: 2025-01-27T06:15:23.743

Link: CVE-2024-43445

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses