CVE-2026-100523
Description
Cotonti through 1.0.0 contains an open redirect vulnerability in message.php that base64-decodes the redirect parameter without domain validation. Unauthenticated attackers can craft malicious links with encoded external URLs to redirect users to arbitrary sites via meta refresh tags for phishing attacks.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti
- https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/blob/1.0.0/message.php
- https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/blob/1.0.0/system/common.php
- https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/issues/1907
- https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/pull/1908
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cotonti-through-1.0.0-open-redirect-via-message-php-redirect-parameter
CWEs
CWE-601
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.