Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify OTRS admin with active session
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DeliveryDeliver crafted CSRF link or page
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ExploitAdmin browser auto-submits forged TemplateDelete request
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ExecutionMissing ChallengeToken check bypassed
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ImpactImport/Export template deleted under admin privileges
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires that an OTRS administrator holds an active authenticated session AND is induced via social engineering (UI:R) to trigger an attacker-crafted request to the AdminImportExport::TemplateDelete action, which fails to validate the anti-CSRF ChallengeToken. The deployment must actually use the Import/Export template feature for the deletion to have meaningful impact. Limiting factors: the attacker gains no direct access or privileges, cannot act without a concurrently logged-in admin, the impact is confined to deletion of Import/Export templates (no code execution, no data disclosure), and the window is bounded by the duration of a live admin session. Affected: OTRS 7.0.X, 8.0.X, 2023.X-2026.X before 2026.7.X, and ((OTRS)) Community Edition 6.x and earlier. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity CSRF vulnerability (CWE-352) whose real-world risk is tempered by its required preconditions. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L, 5.4 Medium) correctly models CSRF: the attacker is unauthenticated (PR:N) and acts remotely over the network (AV:N), but success hinges on user interaction (UI:R) - specifically tricking a logged-in administrator into triggering the crafted request. There is no confidentiality impact (C:N) and only limited integrity/availability impact (I:L/A:L), since the only demonstrated effect is deletion of Import/Export templates rather than full system compromise. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, POC reference, or SSVC decision data was supplied, so exploitation-probability and automatability signals are entirely absent. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. Signals are internally consistent (no CVSS-vs-description conflict), but note the apparent tension that the description says an 'authenticated administrator' is the victim while the vector shows PR:N - this is expected for CSRF, where the attacker needs no privileges because the victim's authenticated session supplies them; it is not a data error. Overall this is a legitimate but lower-priority issue: real risk exists only where administrators actively use the Import/Export feature and can be socially engineered, making it targeted rather than mass-exploitable. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a malicious web page or email containing a hidden request to the OTRS AdminImportExport::TemplateDelete action and lures an administrator who holds an active OTRS session into opening it. Because the action does not validate the ChallengeToken, the victim's browser silently submits the forged request and the administrative Import/Export template is deleted under the admin's privileges. No public exploit code is referenced, but the attack requires only basic HTML and successful social engineering of an authenticated admin. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 12, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in OTRS 7.0.X, 8.0.X, 2023.X through 2026.X before 2026.7.X lets an unauthenticated remote attacker induce a logged-in administrator to delete Import/Export templates through the AdminImportExport::TemplateDelete action, which fails to validate the ChallengeToken. The issue is moderate severity (CVSS 5.4, CWE-352) because exploitation requires an active administrator session and user interaction, yields no code execution or data disclosure, and matters only where the Import/Export template feature is in use; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to the fixed OTRS 2026.7.X release or later as directed by the vendor advisory at https://otrs.com/release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2026-10/; this is the primary remediation for CVE-2026-48211. For ((OTRS)) Community Edition 6.x and earlier, no fixed version is listed in the provided data, so migration to a supported OTRS release should be prioritized. If immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict access to the administrative interface and the AdminImportExport module to trusted networks, VPN, or IP allowlists, noting that this can block legitimate remote administrators; require administrators to use dedicated sessions and log out when not actively administering the system; enable SameSite=Strict or Lax on session cookies where the deployment supports it, accepting that stricter SameSite settings may disrupt SSO or cross-site admin workflows; and monitor logs for unexpected deletions of Import/Export templates. These compensating controls reduce exposure to CSRF but do not fully replace the vendor patch.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is a missing anti-CSRF token check in the OTRS administrative Import/Export module (CWE-352). The AdminImportExport::TemplateDelete action should validate the request's ChallengeToken, but because it does not, an unauthenticated remote attacker can craft a request that is executed with the privileges of a currently authenticated OTRS administrator. The CVSS:3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L reflects network reachability, no attacker authentication, required victim interaction, no confidentiality impact, and low integrity and availability impact limited to template deletion. Affected codebases include OTRS GmbH (formerly OTRS AG) OTRS and ((OTRS)) Community Edition, as reflected in the CPE strings cpe:2.3:a:otrs_gmbh_(former_otrs_ag):otrs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* and cpe:2.3:a:otrs_gmbh_(former_otrs_ag):((otrs))_community_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Classic CSRF: remote and low-complexity, attacker needs no privileges (PR:N) but depends on an authenticated admin's interaction (UI:R); only template deletion yields limited I/A and no confidentiality impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (OTRS).
CVSS VectorVendor: OTRS
DescriptionCVE.org
An authenticated administrator can be induced to delete administrative Import/Export templates through a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack. The OTRS AdminImportExport::TemplateDelete action does not validate the request's ChallengeToken, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to craft a malicious request that is executed with the privileges of an active administrator session.
This issue affects OTRS:
- 7.0.X
- 8.0.X
- 2023.X
- 2024.X
- 2025.X
- 2026.X before 2026.7.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
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.
In OTRS 6.0.x up to and including 6.0.1, OTRS 5.0.x up to and including 5.0.24, and OTRS 4.0.x up to and including 4.0.2
In the Admin Package Manager in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5.0.0 through 5.0.24 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.1, authenti
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in (1) CustomerPreferences.pm, (2) CustomerTicketMessage.pm,
Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 3.3.9 has XSS in index.pl?Action=AgentStats requests, as demonstrated by OrderBy=[XSS]
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the upload functionality for user avatars allows functionality misuse due to
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OTRS AG OTRS, OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition allows SQL Injection via Tic
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the FAQ package 2.x before 2.3.6, 4.x before 4.0.5, and 5.x before 5.0.5 in Op
Authentication bypass in ((OTRS)) Community Edition 6.x and earlier lets an unauthenticated remote attacker impersonate
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) Help Desk 2.4.x before 2.4.15, 3.0.x befor
OTRS fails to immediately invalidate previously issued JWT authentication tokens when an agent or customer user account
Unauthenticated SQL injection in OTRS and the legacy ((OTRS)) Community Edition database layer enables authentication by
The functions to fetch e-mail via POP3 or IMAP as well as sending e-mail via SMTP use OpenSSL for static SSL or TLS base
EUVD-2026-97263
GHSA-f36p-fv5h-jf99
NVD
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