CVE-2017-5944

high
Published 2017-07-03 ยท Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.8

Description

The dashboard subscription interface in Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.25, 4.2.x before 4.2.14, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 might allow remote authenticated users with certain privileges to execute arbitrary code via a crafted saved search name.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.4.1-4
debian debianbullseyefixed4.4.1-4

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.0
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.1
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.2
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.3
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.4
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.5
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.6
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.7
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.8
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.9
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.10
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.11
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.12
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.13
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.14
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.15
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.16
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.17
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.18
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.19
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.20
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.21
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.22
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.23
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.0.24
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.0
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.1
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.2
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.3
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.4
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.5
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.6
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.7
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.8
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.9
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.10
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.11
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.12
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.2.13
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.4.0
bestpracticalrequest_tracker4.4.1

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.