CVE-2026-93868 Cotonti - Authentication Bypass

Cotonti through 1.0.0 contains a broken authentication caused by predictable password recovery tokens derived from md5(microtime()) in users.passrecover.php, letting unauthenticated attackers reset any account password including administrators, exploit requires attacker to read server Date header.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
EPSS
0.73% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Authentication Bypass
Impact
Broken Authentication
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
18 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-338

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with secure token generation.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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