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CVE-2026-44228

RT: Stored Cross-Site Scripting via insufficient template escaping

Published: Jul 20, 2026Updated: Aug 7, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
5.4MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 83.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:RS:CC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

bestpractical
commercialaka request tracker for incident response, rt, request tracker
rtOn-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
request trackerOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/security/advisories/GHSA-pfgp-5j8g-phgc
github.com
https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/releases/tag/rt-6.0.3
github.com

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