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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-1772

It's possible to craft Lost Password requests with wildcards in the Token value, which allows attacker to retrieve valid Token(s), generated by users which already requested new passwords.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.60%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

It's possible to craft Lost Password requests with wildcards in the Token value, which allows attacker to retrieve valid Token(s), generated by users which already requested new passwords. This issue affects: ((OTRS)) Community Edition 5.0.41 and prior versions, 6.0.26 and prior versions. OTRS: 7.0.15 and prior versions.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.60% probability · 76th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-155
Affected
otrs/otrs · opensuse/backports sle · opensuse/leap · debian/debian linux
Source
security@otrs.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.60%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.