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Release Note

OTRS Security Advisory 2025-05

Please read carefully and check if the version of your OTRS system is affected by this vulnerability.

Please send information regarding vulnerabilities in OTRS to: security@otrs.org

PGP Key

  • pub 2048R/9C227C6B 2011-03-21
  • uid OTRS Security Team <security@otrs.org>
  • GPG Fingerprint E330 4608 DA6E 34B7 1551 C244 7F9E 44E9 9C22 7C6B

Security Advisory Details

  • ID: OSA-2025-05
  • Date: 2025-03-10
  • Title: Missing CSRF protection
  • Severity CVSS v3.1: 4.8 MEDIUM
  • Severity CVSS v4.0: 5.7 MEDIUM
  • Urgency: MEDIUM
  • Product: OTRS
  • Fixed in: OTRS 2025.2.x
  • CVSS VECTOR:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N / CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/R:A/RE:L/U:Clear
  • References: CVE-2025-24387

Missing CSRF protection

A vulnerability in OTRS Application Server allows session hijacking due to missing attributes for sensitive cookie settings in HTTPS sessions. A request to an OTRS endpoint from a possible malicious web site, would send the authentication cookie, performing an unwanted read operation.

PRODUCT AFFECTED:

This issue affects

OTRS:

  • OTRS 7.0.X
  • OTRS 8.0.X
  • OTRS 2023.X
  • OTRS 2024.X
  • OTRS 2025.x

Problem:

CWE-1275: Sensitive Cookie with Improper SameSite Attribute CWE-1275

Impact:

CAPEC-593 Session Hijacking CAPEC-593

Product Status

Product Affected
OTRS AG OTRS » Application Server

Default status is unaffected

7.0.x
8.0.x
2023.x
2024.x
from 2025.x through 2025.1.2

SOLUTION:

Update to OTRS 2025.2.x. Please note that there will be no OTRS 7 patches

CREDITS:

Special thanks to Alissa Kim for reporting this vulnerability.

Release Details

  • Release:
    OTRS Security Advisory 2025-05
  • Release date:
    03/10/2025