CVE-2021-47936 PUBLISHED

OpenCATS 0.9.4 Remote Code Execution via Resume Upload

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 01.02.2026 Published: 10.05.2026 Updated: 10.05.2026

OpenCATS 0.9.4 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands by uploading malicious PHP files disguised as resume attachments. Attackers can upload PHP payloads through the careers job application endpoint and execute system commands via POST requests to the uploaded file in the upload directory.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.3

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Opencats
Product	OpenCATS
Versions	affected from 0 to 0.9.4 (incl.)

CVE-2021-47936 PUBLISHED

OpenCATS 0.9.4 Remote Code Execution via Resume Upload

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