Cross-site scripting in osTicket
Priority MEDIUM 62CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
osTicket versions from 1.10 up to 1.17.7 and from 1.18.0 up to 1.18.3 are vulnerable to a stored XSS due to a vulnerable Bootstrap Tooltip component and insufficient HTML sanitization, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in Agent or Admin sessions.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00378 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed osTicket (osTicket): 1.17.8, 1.18.4
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA osTicket (osTicket) Fixed in 1.17.8, 1.18.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-36214
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ffr2-xp93-qf4x
References
More osticket vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-03911 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in osticket/osticket CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-01247 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in osticket/osticket CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2025-28770 osTicket prior to v1.17.6 and v1.18.2 are vulnerable to Broken Access Control Vulnerability in /scp/ajax.php. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-01245 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Generic in osticket/osticket CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-01244 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in osticket/osticket CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-01243 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in osticket/osticket CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-36214 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-36214 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ffr2-xp93-qf4x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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