---
id: CVE-2026-48243
title: Open ISES Tickets < 3.44.2 Hardcoded WhitePages API Key in wp1.php
summary: >-
  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-…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-798
vendor: Open ISES
product: Tickets
affected:
  - Tickets < 3.44.2
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-05-21T18:47:03.231766Z'
published: '2026-05-21'
updated: '2026-11-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-08T14:04:30.056Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48243'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/openises/tickets/releases/tag/v3.44.2'
    label: Tickets 3.44.2 Release Notes
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/openises/tickets/commit/ecfeb406a016766cae81c749e14b5145a9f2dbff
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/open-ises-tickets-hardcoded-whitepages-api-key-in-wp1-php
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00224
epssPercentile: 0.13087
ingestedAt: '2026-11-08T14:51:22.398Z'
---

## Overview

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

- `Tickets < 3.44.2`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.