5.4

CVE-2026-44228: RT: Stored Cross-Site Scripting via insufficient template escaping

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44228
Published 20-07-2026Last modified 21-07-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-44228 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in bestpractical request_tracker. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 20-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Bestpractical2 products
Ubuntu1 product
  • request-tracker5All versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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