SecuriTricks - CVE-2026-48243

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ises	Ises Tickets	<3.44.2

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	ises	ises_tickets	<3.44.2	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://github.com/openises/tickets/commit/ecfeb406a016766cae81c749e14b5145a9f2dbff

https://github.com/openises/tickets/releases/tag/v3.44.2

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/open-ises-tickets-hardcoded-whitepages-api-key-in-wp1-php

CVSS Score

6.9 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: LOW
Attack Requirements: NONE
Privileges Required: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope:
Confidentiality Impact: LOW
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE
Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

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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Timeline

Published: May 21, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
Last Modified: May 21, 2026, 7:10 p.m.

Status : Deferred

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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CVE-2026-48243