CVE-2026-48246

<?php // Vulnerable code simulation in ajax/reports.php $url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json"; $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); // VULNERABILITY: SSL certificate verification is disabled curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false); // Implicitly vulnerable $response = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); // Attacker (Man-in-the-Middle) can intercept this traffic using tools like mitmproxy // if they are positioned between the Open ISES server and Google API. ?>

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