CVE-2026-44228: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in bestpractical rt
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.
CVE-2026-44228: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in bestpractical rt
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.4medium
Affected software
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Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-05T15:42:40.518Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a5e61922a4a8d59897a505b
Added to database: 07/20/2026, 17:57:38 UTC
Last enriched: 07/20/2026, 18:12:39 UTC
Last updated: 09/03/2026, 22:52:11 UTC
Views: 75
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