Cotonti through 1.0.0 Predictable Password Recovery Token via Weak PRNG

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-93868",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Cotonti through 1.0.0 Predictable Password Recovery Token via Weak PRNG",
    "summary": "Cotonti through 1.0.0 derives password recovery validation tokens from md5(microtime()) in users.passrecover.php, creating a predictable token space of approximately one million values per second. Unauthenticated attackers can read the server Date header, precompute candidate tokens within a narrow time window, and probe them against the passrecover authentication endpoint to reset any account password including administrators.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-93868",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-93868",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-93868"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/cotonti/cotonti",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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                  "last_affected": "0d554e939a315e7f7f18fba3ca1132b80c6a1adb"
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              "database_specific": {
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                        "last_affected": "1.0.0"
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                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
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                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.0.0",
            "0.9.25",
            "0.9.24.2",
            "0.9.24.1",
            "0.9.24",
            "0.9.23",
            "0.9.22",
            "0.9.21",
            "0.9.20.1",
            "0.9.20",
            "0.9.19",
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            "0.9.19-RC.1",
            "0.9.18.1",
            "0.9.18",
            "0.9.17",
            "0.9.16.2",
            "0.9.16.1",
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            "0.9.15",
            "0.9.14",
            "0.9.13",
            "0.9.12.1",
            "0.9.12",
            "cotonti-0.9.11.1",
            "cotonti-0.9.11",
            "cotonti-0.9.10",
            "cotonti-0.9.8",
            "cotonti-0.9.7",
            "cotonti-0.9.6",
            "cotonti-0.9.3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-93868.json"
          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:21.061729219Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/93xxx/CVE-2026-93868.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93868",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cotonti-through-1.0.0-predictable-password-recovery-token-via-weak-prng",
        "https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/issues/1890",
        "https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/pull/1898",
        "https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti",
        "https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/blob/1.0.0/modules/users/inc/users.passrecover.php"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-338"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/93xxx/CVE-2026-93868.json"
      }
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2026-93868",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 487254,
  "published_at": "2026-09-18T19:56:34.779+00:00"
}