CVE-2019-14748 — An issue was discovered in osTicket before 1

An issue was discovered in osTicket before 1.10.7 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1. The Ticket creation form allows users to upload files along with queries. It was found that the file-upload functionality has fewer (or no) mitigations implemented for file content checks; also, the outpu

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in osTicket before 1.10.7 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1. The Ticket creation form allows users to upload files along with queries. It was found that the file-upload functionality has fewer (or no) mitigations implemented for file content checks; also, the output is not handled properly, causing persistent XSS that leads to cookie stealing or malicious actions. For example, a…

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-08-07T17:15:12.417
• Last modified: 2026-07-10T18:20:35.780

09References

• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154003/osTicket-1.12-File-Upload-Cross-Site…
• github.com — https://github.com/osTicket/osTicket/commit/33ed106b1602f559a660a69f931a9d873685…
• github.com — https://github.com/osTicket/osTicket/releases/tag/v1.10.7
• github.com — https://github.com/osTicket/osTicket/releases/tag/v1.12.1
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47224
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154003/osTicket-1.12-File-Upload-Cross-Site…
• github.com — https://github.com/osTicket/osTicket/commit/33ed106b1602f559a660a69f931a9d873685…
• github.com — https://github.com/osTicket/osTicket/releases/tag/v1.10.7
• github.com — https://github.com/osTicket/osTicket/releases/tag/v1.12.1
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47224