CVE-2026-27760

OpenCATS PHP Code Injection via installer AJAX endpoint

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 28, 2026 at 01:43 PM UTC
Updated: July 14, 2026 at 07:54 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpencats

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 33%
SSVC
PoC

Description

OpenCATS prior to commit 3002a29 contains a PHP code injection vulnerability in the installer AJAX endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting PHP statements into the databaseConnectivity action parameter. Attackers can break out of the define() string context in config.php using a single quote and statement separator to inject malicious PHP code that persists and executes on every subsequent page load when the installation wizard remains incomplete.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 0.9.7.4
Vendor states this is fixed in 3002a29f4c3cada1aa2c4f3d4ae4e189906606b6 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.1HIGHVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-94

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