CVE-2026-71294 json
Cotonti CMS Comments Plugin PHP Object Injection via Unrestricted unserialize() in Create/Edit Actions
published 3mo ago modified 2mo ago also EUVD-2026-53379
- cvss
- 7.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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).
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L |
Affected products
- Cotonti Cotonti
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
References
-
github.com
/Cotonti/Cotonti
third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/Cotonti/Cotonti/blob/master/plugins/comments/controllers/actions/CreateAction.php
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-71294
- NVD CVE-2026-71294
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