Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2026
CVE-2026-93869
CVE-2026-93869
Description
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.
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References
5- github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/blob/1.0.0/plugins/ratings/ratings.ajax.phpnvd
- github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/blob/1.0.0/system/functions.phpnvd
- github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/issues/1891nvd
- github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/pull/1899nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cotonti-through-1.0.0-open-redirect-via-unanchored-cot-url-check-regexnvd
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