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Plain-English summary
Open ISES Tickets before 3.44.2 fails to authenticate the Google Maps service when generating incident reports. A network-positioned attacker could impersonate that service and view or alter transmitted information, potentially exposing API keys or session-bearing data.
Executive priority
Prioritize upgrading affected systems, especially where incident reports are generated across shared, untrusted, or externally managed networks. The impact can be serious, but exploitation requires network-path access and is not reported as active.
Technical view
In ajax/reports.php, outbound HTTPS requests for Google Maps Directions API lookups disable CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER and do not configure CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST. This CWE-295 flaw permits forged certificates to be accepted. CVSS 4.0 rates it 8.2, with high confidentiality and integrity impact but high attack complexity.
Likely exposure
Exposure requires Open ISES Tickets earlier than 3.44.2, use of the affected incident-report workflow, and an attacker positioned on the outbound network path. Internet reachability of the application alone does not establish exploitability.
Exploitation context
The supplied record is not in CISA KEV, and no cited source reports active exploitation. Exploitation requires a network-path position and a forged certificate, consistent with the CVSS high-complexity assessment.
Researcher notes
The vulnerable trust decision occurs in the server's outbound cURL request, not the user's browser. Scope validation should focus on versions before 3.44.2 and the Google Maps Directions lookup in ajax/reports.php. The supplied structured affected-version entry is ambiguous, but the narrative and patch boundary consistently identify versions before 3.44.2.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Open ISES Tickets to version 3.44.2 or later.
- Review the vendor release notes and patch commit before deployment.
- Rotate relevant API keys if network interception is suspected.
- Investigate potentially exposed sessions if interception evidence exists.
Validation and detection
- Inventory deployed Open ISES Tickets versions and identify installations earlier than 3.44.2.
- Confirm ajax/reports.php matches the vendor's 3.44.2 patch.
- Verify outbound requests enforce TLS peer and hostname validation.
- Safely confirm that untrusted or hostname-mismatched certificates are rejected.
- Review network and application records for suspicious report-generation traffic.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.2 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N——VulnCheckCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N2.23.6VulnCheckVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
8.2HighVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.9MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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-disabled-tls-certificate-verification-in-ajax-reports-phpCVE reference, VulnCheck · third-party-advisory
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Improper Certificate Validation
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