CVE-2026-71294

HIGHPre-NVD 7.67.6—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-05. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.6Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Cotonti CMS's Comments plugin deserializes user-supplied data without restricting the classes that may be instantiated. In plugins/comments/controllers/actions/CreateAction.php, a POST parameter obtained via (trim-only sanitization) is passed to with no restriction, reachable by any member with write access to comments (the default setting in plugins/comments/comments.setup.php).

CVSS v3
7.6
EG Score
7.6(medium)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity76% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
13%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 5, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Cotonti/plugins/comments/controllers/actions/CreateAction.php at master · Cotonti/Cotonti · GitHub

https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/blob/master/plugins/comments/controllers/actions/CreateAction.php
generic

GitHub - Cotonti/Cotonti: Fast, reliable and flexible PHP CMF/CMS · GitHub

https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-71294(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 94× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-71294?
CVE-2026-71294 is a high vulnerability published on August 5, 2026. Cotonti CMS's Comments plugin deserializes user-supplied data without restricting the classes that may be instantiated. In plugins/comments/controllers/actions/CreateAction.php, a POST parameter obtained via (trim-only sanitization) is passed to with no restriction, reachable by any member with…
When was CVE-2026-71294 disclosed?
CVE-2026-71294 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 5, 2026, with the most recent update on August 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-71294 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-71294 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 86.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-71294?
CVE-2026-71294 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-71294?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-71294, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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