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Last updated: 08 Mar 2025, 23:25 UTC
This page consolidates all known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) associated with bestpractical. We track both calendar-based metrics (using fixed periods) and rolling metrics (using gliding windows) to give you a comprehensive view of security trends and risk evolution. Use these insights to assess risk and plan your patching strategy.
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Total bestpractical CVEs: 18
Earliest CVE date: 06 Aug 2008, 18:41 UTC
Latest CVE date: 03 Nov 2023, 05:15 UTC
Latest CVE reference: CVE-2023-45024
30-day Count (Rolling): 0
365-day Count (Rolling): 0
Calendar-based Variation
Calendar-based Variation compares a fixed calendar period (e.g., this month versus the same month last year), while Rolling Growth Rate uses a continuous window (e.g., last 30 days versus the previous 30 days) to capture trends independent of calendar boundaries.
Month Variation (Calendar): 0%
Year Variation (Calendar): -100.0%
Month Growth Rate (30-day Rolling): 0.0%
Year Growth Rate (365-day Rolling): -100.0%
Average CVSS: 4.45
Max CVSS: 7.5
Critical CVEs (≥9): 0
| Range | Count |
|---|---|
| 0.0-3.9 | 12 |
| 4.0-6.9 | 47 |
| 7.0-8.9 | 3 |
| 9.0-10.0 | 0 |
These are the five CVEs with the highest CVSS scores for bestpractical, sorted by severity first and recency.
Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) 5 before 5.0.5 allows Information Disclosure via a transaction search in the transaction query builder.
Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) before 4.4.7 and 5.x before 5.0.5 allows Information Exposure in responses to mail-gateway REST API calls.
Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) before 4.4.7 and 5.x before 5.0.5 allows Information Disclosure via fake or spoofed RT email headers in an email message or a mail-gateway REST API call.
Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) before 5.0.3 has an Open Redirect via a ticket search.
Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) before 4.4.6 and 5.x before 5.0.3 allows XSS via a crafted content type for an attachment.
Best Practical RT for Incident Response (RTIR) before 4.0.3 and 5.x before 5.0.3 allows SSRF via Scripted Action tools.
Best Practical RT for Incident Response (RTIR) before 4.0.3 and 5.x before 5.0.3 allows SSRF via the whois lookup tool.
Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) 4.2 before 4.2.17, 4.4 before 4.4.5, and 5.0 before 5.0.2 allows sensitive information disclosure via a timing attack against lib/RT/REST2/Middleware/Auth.pm.
The email-ingestion feature in Best Practical Request Tracker 4.1.13 through 4.4 allows denial of service by remote attackers via an algorithmic complexity attack on email address parsing.
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.
Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.25, 4.2.x before 4.2.14, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about cross-site request forgery (CSRF) verification tokens via a crafted URL.
Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.25, 4.2.x before 4.2.14, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 does not use a constant-time comparison algorithm for secrets, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive user password information via a timing side-channel attack.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability 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, when the AlwaysDownloadAttachments config setting is not in use, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a file upload with an unspecified content type.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cryptography interface in Request Tracker (RT) before 4.2.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted public key.
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.2.12 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the (1) user and (2) group rights management pages.
RT (aka Request Tracker) before 4.0.23 and 4.2.x before 4.2.10 allows remote attackers to hijack sessions via an RSS feed URL.
RT (aka Request Tracker) 3.8.8 through 4.x before 4.0.23 and 4.2.x before 4.2.10 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive RSS feed URLs and ticket data via unspecified vectors.
The email gateway in RT (aka Request Tracker) 3.0.0 through 4.x before 4.0.23 and 4.2.x before 4.2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and disk consumption) via a crafted email.
The MobileUI (aka RT-Extension-MobileUI) extension before 1.04 in Request Tracker (RT) 4.0.0 before 4.0.13, when using the file-based session store (Apache::Session::File) and certain authentication extensions, allows remote attackers to reuse unauthorized sessions and obtain user preferences and caches via unspecified vectors.
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Email::Address::List before 0.02, as used in RT 4.2.0 through 4.2.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a string without an address.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MobileUI (aka RT-Extension-MobileUI) extension before 1.04 in Request Tracker (RT) 4.0.0 before 4.0.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name of an attached file.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.13, when MakeClicky is configured, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL in a ticket. NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT from CVE-2013-3371 due to different affected versions.
Unspecified vulnerability in Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.17 and 4.0.x before 4.0.13, when using the Apache::Session::File session store, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (user preferences and caches) via unknown vectors, related to a "limited session re-use."
CRLF injection vulnerability in Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.17 and 4.0.x before 4.0.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via a MIME header.
Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.17 and 4.0.x before 4.0.13 allows remote attackers to inject multiple Content-Disposition HTTP headers and possibly conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.3 through 3.8.16 and 4.0.x before 4.0.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filename of an attachment.
Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.17 and 4.0.x before 4.0.13 does not properly restrict access to private callback components, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a direct request.
Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.17 and 4.0.x before 4.0.13 allows remote authenticated users with the permissions to view the administration pages to execute arbitrary private components via unspecified vectors.
bin/rt in Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.17 and 4.0.x before 4.0.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with predictable name.
Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.13 does not properly enforce the DeleteTicket and "custom lifecycle transition" permission, which allows remote authenticated users with the ModifyTicket permission to delete tickets via unspecified vectors.
Best Practical Solutions RT 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8, when GnuPG is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions on reading keys in the product's keyring, and trigger outbound e-mail messages signed by an arbitrary stored secret key, by leveraging a UI e-mail signing privilege.
Best Practical Solutions RT 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8, when GnuPG is enabled, does not ensure that the UI labels unencrypted messages as unencrypted, which might make it easier for remote attackers to spoof details of a message's origin or interfere with encryption-policy auditing via an e-mail message to a queue's address.
Best Practical Solutions RT 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8, when GnuPG is enabled, allows remote attackers to configure encryption or signing for certain outbound e-mail, and possibly cause a denial of service (loss of e-mail readability), via an e-mail message to a queue's address.
Best Practical Solutions RT 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8, when GnuPG is enabled with a "Sign by default" queue configuration, uses a queue's key for signing, which might allow remote attackers to spoof messages by leveraging the lack of authentication semantics.
SQL injection vulnerability in Approvals/ in Request Tracker (RT) 4.0.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ShowPending parameter. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating "We were unable to replicate it, and the individual that reported it retracted their report," and "we had verified that the claimed exploit did not function according to the author's claims.
Argument injection vulnerability in Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to the GnuPG client.
Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8 allows remote attackers to conduct a "confused deputy" attack to bypass the CSRF warning protection mechanism and cause victims to "modify arbitrary state" via unknown vectors related to a crafted link.
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.12 and other versions before 3.8.15, and 4.0.6 and other versions before 4.0.8, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that toggle ticket bookmarks.
FAQ manager for Request Tracker (RTFM) before 2.4.5 does not properly check user rights, which allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary articles in arbitrary classes via unknown vectors.
Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8 allows remote authenticated users with ModifySelf or AdminUser privileges to inject arbitrary email headers and conduct phishing attacks or obtain sensitive information via unknown vectors.
Best Practical Solutions RT 4.x before 4.0.6 does not properly implement the DisallowExecuteCode option, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary code by leveraging access to a privileged account, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4458 and CVE-2011-5092.
Best Practical Solutions RT 3.8.x before 3.8.12 and 4.x before 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and gain privileges via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4458 and CVE-2011-5093.
SQL injection vulnerability in Best Practical Solutions RT 2.x and 3.x before 3.8.12 and 4.x before 4.0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands by leveraging access to a privileged account.
Best Practical Solutions RT 3.x before 3.8.12 and 4.x before 4.0.6 does not properly disable groups, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging a group membership.
Best Practical Solutions RT 3.6.x, 3.7.x, and 3.8.x before 3.8.12 and 4.x before 4.0.6, when the VERPPrefix and VERPDomain options are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-5092 and CVE-2011-5093.
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Best Practical Solutions RT before 3.8.12 and 4.x before 4.0.6 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users.
Best Practical Solutions RT 3.x before 3.8.12 and 4.x before 4.0.6 allows remote authenticated users to read (1) hashes of former passwords and (2) ticket correspondence history by leveraging access to a privileged account.
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Best Practical Solutions RT 3.x before 3.8.12 and 4.x before 4.0.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
The vulnerable-passwords script in Best Practical Solutions RT 3.x before 3.8.12 and 4.x before 4.0.6 does not update the password-hash algorithm for disabled user accounts, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine cleartext passwords, and possibly use these passwords after accounts are re-enabled, via a brute-force attack on the database. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-0009.
Best Practical Solutions RT 3.6.0 through 3.6.10 and 3.8.0 through 3.8.8 allows remote attackers to trick users into sending credentials to an arbitrary server via unspecified vectors.
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Best Practical Solutions RT 2.0.0 through 3.6.10, 3.8.0 through 3.8.9, and 4.0.0rc through 4.0.0rc7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Directory traversal vulnerability in Best Practical Solutions RT 3.2.0 through 3.6.10, 3.8.0 through 3.8.9, and 4.0.0rc through 4.0.0rc7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted HTTP request.
Best Practical Solutions RT 3.0.0 through 3.6.10, 3.8.0 through 3.8.9, and 4.0.0rc through 4.0.0rc7 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by using the search interface, as demonstrated by retrieving encrypted passwords.
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Best Practical Solutions RT 2.0.0 through 3.6.10, 3.8.0 through 3.8.9, and 4.0.0rc through 4.0.0rc7 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by reading data.
Best Practical Solutions RT 3.8.0 through 3.8.9 and 4.0.0rc through 4.0.0rc7, when the CustomFieldValuesSources (aka external custom field) option is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack.
Scrips_Overlay.pm in Best Practical Solutions RT before 3.8.9 does not properly restrict access to a TicketObj in a Scrip after a CurrentUser change, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by custom-field value information, related to SQL logging.
Best Practical Solutions RT before 3.8.9 does not perform certain redirect actions upon a login, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain credentials by resubmitting the login form via the back button of a web browser on an unattended workstation after an RT logout.
Best Practical Solutions RT 3.x before 3.8.9rc2 and 4.x before 4.0.0rc4 uses the MD5 algorithm for password hashes, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack on the database.
Session fixation vulnerability in html/Elements/SetupSessionCookie in Best Practical Solutions RT 3.0.0 through 3.6.9 and 3.8.x through 3.8.5 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by setting the session identifier via a manipulation that leverages "HTTP access to the RT server," a related issue to CVE-2009-3585.
Session fixation vulnerability in html/Elements/SetupSessionCookie in Best Practical Solutions RT 3.0.0 through 3.6.9 and 3.8.x through 3.8.5 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by setting the session identifier via a manipulation that leverages a second web server within the same domain.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Best Practical Solutions RT 3.6.x before 3.6.9, 3.8.x before 3.8.5, and other 3.4.6 through 3.8.4 versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via certain Custom Fields.
Unspecified vulnerability in Best Practical Solutions RT 3.0.0 through 3.6.6 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU or memory consumption) via unspecified vectors related to the Devel::StackTrace module for Perl.