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CVE-2011-1685

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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-1685 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from bestpractical organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2011-04-22T10:55:02.297

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-352

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.0	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.1	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.2	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.3	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.4	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.5	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.6	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.6	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.7	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.7	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.8	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.8	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.8	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.8	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.9	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.9	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.9	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	3.8.9	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	4.0.0	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	4.0.0	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	4.0.0	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	4.0.0	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	4.0.0	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	4.0.0	Yes
Application	bestpractical	rt	4.0.0	Yes

References

http://blog.bestpractical.com/2011/04/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2011-April/000187.html Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2011-April/000188.html Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44189 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2220 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47383 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1071 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696795 Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66791 ([email protected])
http://blog.bestpractical.com/2011/04/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2011-April/000187.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2011-April/000188.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44189 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2220 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47383 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1071 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696795 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66791 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For bestpractical's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.