CVE-2021-36100 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-36100

Authenticated remote code execution

Vulnerability Description

Specially crafted string in OTRS system configuration can allow the execution of any system command.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Special thanks to Rayhan Ahmed and Maxime Brigaudeau for reporting these vulnerability.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

OTRS, SystemMonitoring, OTRSSTORM, ((OTRS)) Community Edition
Vulnerable Versions:
8.0.x, 7.0.x, 6.0.1

Timeline

Official Publish: March 21st, 2022
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.