CVE-2026-48243

6.9 MEDIUM 0.2% exploit odds Fix listed Auth & access Web app

What it is

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.

At a glance

Exploitability: Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
Exploit odds: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix: A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

2026-05-21 18:16 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2026-07-20 20:10 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Details

Published: 2026-05-21 18:16 UTC
Last modified: 2026-07-20 20:10 UTC
Exploit probability: 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
Weakness: CWE-798 · Hard-coded credentials
Record status: Deferred

Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 6.9

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Attack requirements: None
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Raw vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Fix and advisories

References

NVD record · CVE.org record