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Cotonti through 1.0.0 Reflected XSS via search highlight parameter

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

Announced Group revision 1
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CVE-2026-100521

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-100521

Cotonti

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "repo": "https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti",
    "vendor": "Cotonti",
    "product": "Cotonti",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "1.0.0"
      }
    ],
    "packageURL": "pkg:composer/cotonti/cotonti",
    "programFiles": [
      "plugins/search/search.header.php",
      "plugins/search/search.page.first.php"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-100521

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#3861 · Revision 1
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