CVE-2026-48241 - Open ISES Tickets < 3.44.2 Hardcoded MySQL Database Credentials in loader.php

CVE-2026-48241 - Open ISES Tickets < 3.44.2 Hardcoded MySQL Database Credentials in loader.php

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-48241
Published : May 21, 2026, 6:16 p.m. | 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
Description :Open ISES Tickets before 3.44.2 contains hardcoded MySQL database credentials in loader.php (a public-facing database utility) that are committed to the source repository. Any actor with access to the public source tree (or an unauthenticated attacker with read access to the file on a deployed installation) can read the username, password, and database name and use them to connect to the database if it is reachable from their network.
Severity: 8.1 | HIGH
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