CVE-2026-27760 PUBLISHED

OpenCATS PHP Code Injection via installer AJAX endpoint

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 23.02.2026 Published: 28.04.2026 Updated: 28.04.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.2

Product Status

Vendor opencats
Product OpenCATS
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.9.7.4 (incl.)
  • Version 3002a29f4c3cada1aa2c4f3d4ae4e189906606b6 is unaffected

Credits

  • Valentin Lobstein (Chocapikk) finder
  • VulnCheck coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE