CVE-2024-43445

Missing X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff Header Allows MIME Type Sniffing

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: January 27, 2025 at 05:58 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:51 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOTRS

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability exists in OTRS and ((OTRS Community Edition)) that fail to set the HTTP response header X-Content-Type-Options to nosniff. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading or inserting content that would be treated as a different MIME type than intended. This issue affects: * OTRS 7.0.X * OTRS 8.0.X * OTRS 2023.X * OTRS 2024.X * ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.x Products based on the ((OTRS)) Community Edition also very likely to be affected

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2025.x ≤ v < 2025.1.x6.0.x ≤ v ≤ 6.0.342023.x2024.x2025.x6.0.x7.0.x8.0.x
Affected range stops below 2025.1.x, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.4MEDIUMOTRS
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-20

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