openises Tickets up to 3.44.1 Request ics205a.php frm_add_str cross site scripting

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in openises Tickets up to 3.44.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the file ics205a.php of the component Request Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument frm_add_str can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-48221. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in openises Tickets up to 3.44.1 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the file ics205a.php of the component Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument frm_add_str 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. CVE summarizes:

Open ISES Tickets before 3.44.2 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in ics205a.php that allows authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript by passing an unsanitized value through the frm_add_str POST parameter directly into an HTML form hidden input value attribute. Attackers can craft a malicious request containing a JavaScript payload that executes in the victim's browser when the response is rendered.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-48221 since 05/21/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:ics205a.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.

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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

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

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