CVE-2026-48243

Open ISES Tickets < 3.44.2 Hardcoded WhitePages API Key in wp1.php

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: May 21, 2026 at 05:11 PM UTC
Updated: July 20, 2026 at 08:28 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsTicketsTickets

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Open ISES Tickets before 3.44.2 embeds a hardcoded WhitePages reverse-phone API key in wp1.php that is committed to the public source repository. Any actor with read access to the source tree can extract the key and use it to make third-party API calls billed to or rate-limited against the original owner's WhitePages account.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 3.44.2
Affected range stops below 3.44.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 3.44.2
Affected range stops below 3.44.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-798

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