Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-38058

Medium

Published: 24 July 2023

Published
24 July 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0020 42.6th percentile
Risk Priority 8 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-38058 is a medium-severity Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) vulnerability in Otrs Otrs. Its CVSS base score is 4.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 42.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An improper privilege check in the OTRS ticket move action in the agent interface allows any as agent authenticated attacker to to perform a move of an ticket without the needed permission. This issue affects OTRS: from 8.0.X before 8.0.35.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

otrs
otrs
8.0.0 — 8.0.35

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Policy addresses roles, responsibilities, and privilege management to prevent improper privilege assignments.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Access supervision ensures privileges are assigned and managed without improper escalation or retention.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Assigning group/role memberships and access authorizations (privileges) while reviewing accounts addresses improper privilege management.

addresses: CWE-863 CWE-269

The small, testable reference monitor reduces the likelihood of incorrect authorization implementations.

addresses: CWE-863 CWE-269

Certification evaluates whether authorization decisions are correctly implemented and enforced.

addresses: CWE-863 CWE-269

Periodic review and documentation of connection needs reduces incorrect authorization.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Restricting who can perform changes helps ensure privileges are managed properly rather than assigned broadly.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-863

Manages privileges by authorizing only approved personnel and supervising those lacking required authorizations for maintenance.

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