How to fix CVE-2025-26241?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running osTicket and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Validate input sanitization for user-controlled parameters.

Is PHP affected by CVE-2025-26241?

Organizations using osTicket should be aware of notable risk from CVE-2025-26241, a SQL injection vulnerability rated CVSS 6.5. Exploitation could allow attackers to execute code or inject malicious input. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available.

CVE-2025-26241

MEDIUM

2025-05-05 [email protected]

6.5

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:40 vuln.today

PoC Detected

Jun 13, 2025 - 18:38 vuln.today

Public exploit code

CVE Published

May 05, 2025 - 16:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.5

Description

Analysis

A SQL injection vulnerability in the "Search" functionality of "tickets.php" page in osTicket <=1.17.5 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the "keywords" and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical Context

This vulnerability is classified as SQL Injection (CWE-89), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database. A SQL injection vulnerability in the "Search" functionality of "tickets.php" page in osTicket <=1.17.5 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the "keywords" and "topic_id" URL parameters combination. Affected products include: Osticket.

Affected Products

Osticket.

Remediation

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use parameterized queries/prepared statements. Never concatenate user input into SQL. Apply least-privilege database permissions.

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: +0.3

CVSS: +32

POC: +20

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