CVE-2012-4751
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—💥 Exploit
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) Help Desk 2.4.x before 2.4.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.17, and 3.1.x before 3.1.11 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an e-mail message body with whitespace before a javascript: URL in the SRC attribute of an element, as demonstrated by an IFRAME element.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Base score: 4.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 5.79%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 93
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
💥 Public exploits
Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
- Published on Exploit-DB · OTRS 3.1 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (10/18/2012)
- Published on Exploit-DB · OTRS Open Technology Real Services 3.1.8/3.1.9 - Cross-Site Scripting (8/31/2012)
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-79
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00036.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117504/OTRS-3.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/603276
- http://www.otrs.com/en/open-source/community-news/security-advisories/security-advisory-2012-03/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56093
- http://znuny.com/assets/proof_of_concept_cve_2012-4751-znuny.py
- http://znuny.com/en/#%21/advisory/ZSA-2012-03
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00036.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117504/OTRS-3.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/603276
- http://www.otrs.com/en/open-source/community-news/security-advisories/security-advisory-2012-03/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56093
- http://znuny.com/assets/proof_of_concept_cve_2012-4751-znuny.py
- http://znuny.com/en/#%21/advisory/ZSA-2012-03
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