VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-71294

Cotonti CMS's Comments plugin deserializes user-supplied data without restricting the classes that may be instantiated.

HIGH 7.6EPSS 0.22%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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 3.1: 7.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
EPSS: 0.22% probability · 13th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-502
Source: 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.