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CVE-2016-5843

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

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 Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via crafted search parameters.

Affected products

• OTRS AG FAQ: 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6 (+24)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93019
• https://github.com/OTRS/FAQ/commit/3700f75c67f6ed1d39bc213445c6d12a458e1af9
• https://github.com/OTRS/FAQ/commit/8c9d63bd0297adda760330805c31afc130861557
• https://github.com/OTRS/FAQ/commit/b805703e7b7725d1f3040bb626a4c4dd845ee9e3
• https://www.otrs.com/security-advisory-2016-01-security-update-otrs-faq-package/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93019
• https://github.com/OTRS/FAQ/commit/3700f75c67f6ed1d39bc213445c6d12a458e1af9
• https://github.com/OTRS/FAQ/commit/8c9d63bd0297adda760330805c31afc130861557
• https://github.com/OTRS/FAQ/commit/b805703e7b7725d1f3040bb626a4c4dd845ee9e3
• https://www.otrs.com/security-advisory-2016-01-security-update-otrs-faq-package/

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