CVE-2023-41259 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) versions before 4.4.7 and 5.x before 5.0.5. It allows an attacker to disclose sensitive information by crafting fake or spoofed RT email headers in an email message or via the mail-gateway REST API. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high confidentiality impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.