CVE-2026-44228 (GCVE-0-2026-44228)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-20 17:34 – Updated: 2026-07-21 16:12
VLAI
Title
RT: Stored Cross-Site Scripting via insufficient template escaping
Summary
RT is an open source, enterprise-grade issue and ticket tracking system. Versions 6.0.0 and above, prior to 6.0.3, contain a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, where user-controlled data is rendered without proper HTML escaping. An authenticated user with permission to set the relevant data can inject JavaScript that executes when another RT user views the affected page. This issue has been fixed in version 6.0.3.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
bestpractical rt Affected: >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.3
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