Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Open ISES Tickets versions before 3.44.2 can return attacker-supplied text as executable browser content. An authenticated attacker must persuade another user to render a crafted response. Successful exploitation could expose limited session-accessible information or let the attacker perform limited actions as the victim, but it does not directly affect service availability.
Executive priority
Schedule remediation in the normal near-term patch cycle, accelerating for externally reachable deployments or environments used by administrators. Confirm upgrade completion and investigate suspicious requests, but the supplied evidence does not justify declaring an active incident solely from this CVE.
Technical view
The ics213.php endpoint places the frm_add_str POST parameter into a hidden input value without adequate output encoding, enabling reflected cross-site scripting. CVSS 3.1 is 5.4: network-accessible, low complexity, low privileges, required user interaction, changed scope, low confidentiality and integrity impact, and no availability impact.
Likely exposure
Deployments running Open ISES Tickets earlier than 3.44.2 are potentially exposed when authenticated users can access ics213.php. Exploitation requires an authenticated attacker and a victim who renders the crafted response. The supplied structured version field is ambiguous, so administrators should verify versions against vendor release information.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not report CISA KEV listing or evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation is conditional: the attacker needs authentication, must submit a crafted POST value, and requires victim interaction. This lowers urgency compared with unauthenticated or automated compromise, while privileged users remain meaningful targets.
Researcher notes
The described flaw maps to CWE-79 and aligns with the changed-scope CVSS assessment. The supplied affected record lists version "0" with default status "unaffected," which does not clearly encode the narrative range of versions before 3.44.2. Treat the release and patch references as the stronger remediation indicators.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Open ISES Tickets to version 3.44.2 or later.
- Review the vendor release notes and patch commit before deployment.
- Limit access to ics213.php to necessary authenticated users until upgraded.
- Apply contextual HTML attribute encoding if maintaining a downstream fork.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all Open ISES Tickets deployments and record installed versions.
- Confirm each deployment runs version 3.44.2 or later.
- Verify frm_add_str is safely encoded within the returned hidden input.
- Review application logs for suspicious POST requests targeting ics213.php.
- Regression-test legitimate ICS-213 form workflows after remediation.
Public sources used
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookupCVE-2026-48222 mapping review
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.32.7VulnCheckCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N——VulnCheckVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
5.1MediumVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Vulnerability timeline
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- CVE publishedCVE Program
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- CVE updatedCVE Program
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/openises/tickets/releases/tag/v3.44.2CVE reference, VulnCheck · release-notes
- https://github.com/openises/tickets/commit/ecfeb406a016766cae81c749e14b5145a9f2dbffCVE reference, VulnCheck · patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/open-ises-tickets-reflected-xss-via-ics213-php-frm-add-str-parameterCVE reference, VulnCheck · third-party-advisory
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.