Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Open ISES Tickets versions before 3.44.2 can run attacker-supplied JavaScript in an authenticated user’s browser after the user opens a crafted patient.php link. Successful exploitation could expose information visible to that user or perform actions with their permissions. The victim must interact with the malicious request.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation in the normal near-term patch cycle, accelerating internet-facing or sensitive deployments. The issue can compromise an authenticated user’s browser session context, but requires authentication and victim interaction, with no supplied evidence of active exploitation.
Technical view
patient.php places unsanitized id and ticket_id GET values into an HTML form action, creating reflected cross-site scripting. Exploitation is network-accessible, requires low attacker privileges and victim interaction, and can affect confidentiality and integrity across a changed security scope. Availability impact is not identified.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to Open ISES Tickets deployments older than 3.44.2 where authenticated users can reach patient.php. Internet-accessible deployments and users likely to follow untrusted links face greater practical risk. The supplied version metadata is inconsistent, so confirm installed versions directly.
Exploitation context
The supplied sources describe a crafted request that executes JavaScript when rendered by a victim’s browser. The CVE is not listed as KEV, and the provided evidence does not establish active exploitation. Authentication and user interaction reduce likelihood but do not eliminate risk.
Researcher notes
The vulnerability is CWE-79 reflected XSS with CVSS 3.1 score 5.4: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The affected-version array contains “0,” conflicting with the narrative cutoff of versions before 3.44.2; use the release and patch references to verify scope.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Open ISES Tickets to version 3.44.2 or later.
- Review the referenced patch and vendor release notes before deployment.
- Restrict patient.php access to necessary authenticated users until upgraded.
- Encourage users to avoid untrusted Tickets links pending remediation.
Validation and detection
- Inventory every Open ISES Tickets deployment and record its installed version.
- Confirm all deployments run version 3.44.2 or later.
- Verify id and ticket_id values are safely encoded in generated form actions.
- Run authorized regression tests covering patient.php parameter handling after upgrading.
- Review monitoring data for suspicious patient.php requests without assuming they prove exploitation.
Public sources used
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookupCVE-2026-48227 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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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-patient-php-id-and-ticket-id-parametersCVE 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.