Reflected XSS in OTRS Ticket Handling via Request Parameters

An improper neutralization of user-controllable input in OTRS or ((OTRS)) Community Edition ticket handling allows authenticated attackers to perform reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted request parameters associated with ticket actions. By injecting malicious JavaScript into manipulated request URLs, attackers can execute arbitrary script code in the context of an authenticated agent session when the crafted link is opened. This issue affects OTRS: * 7.0.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

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Analysis

OTRS 7.0.x contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in its ticket handling system that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript through crafted request parameters. When a victim clicks a manipulated link, the unvalidated user input executes in their browser within an authenticated agent session, potentially compromising sensitive ticket data, stealing session tokens, or performing unauthorized actions on behalf of the agent. This vulnerability is particularly concerning because it exploits the trust relationship between authenticated users and the platform, requiring only social engineering to deliver the malicious payload rather than zero-day exploitation.

Casky.ai's 301 mapped security skills detect the attack patterns underlying this CVE by analyzing how adversaries execute the MITRE ATT&CK techniques TA0001 (Reconnaissance) and TA0043 (Reconnaissance via public data). Practitioners using Casky would see findings highlighting improper input validation (CWE-79) and encoding issues (CWE-116) in ticket request parameters. Claude's extended reasoning identifies the attack chain: an attacker crafts a malicious URL embedding JavaScript, reconnaissance occurs when the agent clicks the link, and execution follows when the browser interprets the unescaped payload. Casky skills help practitioners pinpoint where input sanitization fails and recommend context-aware output encoding to neutralize script injection attempts in ticket workflows.

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MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

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