Cotonti through 1.0.0 contains an open redirect vulnerability in the cot_url_check() function that validates redirect destinations using a regular expression lacking an end-of-string anchor. Attackers can bypass the redirect guard by supplying hostnames beginning with the site domain to redirect users to attacker-controlled hosts through the ratings plugin or other redirect callers.
CVE-2026-93869
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit-prediction score not yet available (the EPSS model rescores nightly; freshly-published CVEs typically appear within 48 hours). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.1
- EG Score
- 6.1(low)
- EG Risk
- 32(Track)EG Risk 32/100SSVC: 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 computedSeverity61% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
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- EPSS %ILE
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- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 18, 2026
Last Modified
September 18, 2026
Advisory Details (6)
Auto-updated Sep 18, 2026Cotonti through 1.0.0 Open Redirect via Unanchored cot_url_check() Regex | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cotonti-through-1.0.0-open-redirect-via-unanchored-cot-url-check-regexGitHub - Cotonti/Cotonti: Fast, reliable and flexible PHP CMF/CMS · GitHub
https://github.com/Cotonti/CotontiCotonti/plugins/ratings/ratings.ajax.php at 1.0.0 · Cotonti/Cotonti · GitHub
https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/blob/1.0.0/plugins/ratings/ratings.ajax.phpCotonti/system/functions.php at 1.0.0 · Cotonti/Cotonti · GitHub
https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/blob/1.0.0/system/functions.phpsecurity: add end-anchor to cot_url_check() regex to prevent subdomain spoof (CWE-601)
Upstream fix in progress (PR #1899 · Cotonti/Cotonti, state=open)
https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/pull/1899[Security] cot_url_check() regex missing end-anchor allows subdomain spoofing open redirect (CWE-601) · Issue #1891 · Cotonti/Cotonti · GitHub
https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/issues/1891Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-93869(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 3× in last 7d / 3× in last 30d)
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- 2026-09-18 20:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 19:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 19:59 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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