Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Open ISES Tickets versions before 3.44.2 contain a database-query flaw. A logged-in attacker could manipulate an incident-list request to access or alter database information. Because exploitation requires only low privileges and no user interaction, affected deployments should be upgraded promptly.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority remediation for exposed or business-critical ticketing systems. Upgrade promptly, prioritizing internet-reachable instances and accounts with broad access. There is no supplied evidence of active exploitation, so emergency incident status is not established solely by this record.
Technical view
The offset GET parameter in ajax/sit_incidents.php is concatenated unsafely into a SELECT statement’s LIMIT clause, creating CWE-89 SQL injection. CVSS 4.0 rates it 7.1: network-accessible, low complexity, low privileges, and no user interaction, with high confidentiality and low integrity impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to reachable Open ISES Tickets deployments running versions before 3.44.2 where an attacker can authenticate and access the affected AJAX endpoint. Internet accessibility increases opportunity, but authentication remains required. The bundle’s structured affected-version data conflicts with its prose, so inventory confirmation is important.
Exploitation context
The supplied record says CISA KEV status is false, and the bundle provides no evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability is nevertheless practical because it is remotely reachable after authentication, requires low complexity, and needs no victim interaction. No exploit availability claim is supported here.
Researcher notes
The prose identifies versions before 3.44.2 as vulnerable, while the structured affected entry lists version “0” with default status “unaffected.” This inconsistency reduces precision. The referenced 3.44.2 release and patch commit support the remediation direction, but exposure should be verified against deployed code and vendor guidance.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Open ISES Tickets to version 3.44.2 or later using vendor guidance.
- Restrict access to the application and affected endpoint until upgrading is complete.
- Review and minimize user accounts that can authenticate to exposed deployments.
- Back up the application database before remediation and verify recovery procedures.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all Open ISES Tickets deployments and record their installed versions.
- Confirm each deployment runs version 3.44.2 or later.
- Verify the vendor patch for the offset query handling is present.
- Review application and database logs for unusual authenticated requests to the affected endpoint.
- Confirm access controls prevent unnecessary public reachability and unauthorized authentication.
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CWE-89: Database access and collection lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.1 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N——VulnCheckCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N2.84.2VulnCheckVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
7.1HighVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.1HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
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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-sql-injection-via-ajax-sit-incidents-php-offset-parameterCVE reference, VulnCheck · third-party-advisory
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