openises tickets up to 3.44.1 Request search.php frm_query cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in openises tickets up to 3.44.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file search.php of the component Request Handler. This manipulation of the argument frm_query causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-35016. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in openises tickets up to 3.44.1. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file search.php of the component Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument frm_query with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Open ISES Tickets before 3.44.2 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in search.php that allows authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript by passing an unsanitized value through the frm_query POST parameter directly into an HTML input field VALUE attribute. Attackers can craft a malicious request containing a JavaScript payload in the frm_query parameter that executes in the victim's browser when submitted.

The weakness was released by philopentest. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-35016 since 03/31/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:search.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 3.44.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch ecfeb406a016766cae81c749e14b5145a9f2dbff is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-31187). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Ticket Tracking Software

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• openises

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• tickets

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• 3.44.0
• 3.44.1

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/openises/tickets/

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