CVE-2026-100521 PUBLISHED

Cotonti through 1.0.0 Reflected XSS via search highlight parameter

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 26.09.2026 Published: 26.09.2026 Updated: 26.09.2026

Cotonti through 1.0.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the search plugin highlight parameter that performs no HTML or JavaScript escaping. Attackers can craft malicious links with injected JavaScript in the highlight parameter that executes in the browser of any visitor who opens the link, including administrators.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.1

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

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.1

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

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Cotonti
Product	Cotonti
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 1.0.0 (incl.)

Credits

Harsh Raj Singhania finder

References

Problem Types

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE