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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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Open ISES Tickets unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 3.44.2

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https://github.com/openises/tickets/commit/ecfeb406a016766cae81c749e14b5145a9f2dbff cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/openises/tickets/releases/tag/v3.44.2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/open-ises-tickets-hardcoded-whitepages-api-key-in-wp1-php cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 21 May 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Open ISES Tickets < 3.44.2 Hardcoded WhitePages API Key in wp1.php
Weaknesses CWE-798
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-21T17:11:03.102Z

Reserved: 2026-05-21T13:15:18.101Z

Link: CVE-2026-48243

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-21T18:16:21.380

Modified: 2026-05-21T18:16:21.380

Link: CVE-2026-48243

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