Cotonti through 1.0.0 Open Redirect via Unanchored cot_url_check() Regex

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-93869",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Cotonti through 1.0.0 Open Redirect via Unanchored cot_url_check() Regex",
    "summary": "Cotonti through 1.0.0 contains an open redirect vulnerability in the cot_url_check() function that validates redirect destinations using a regular expression lacking an end-of-string anchor. Attackers can bypass the redirect guard by supplying hostnames beginning with the site domain to redirect users to attacker-controlled hosts through the ratings plugin or other redirect callers.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-93869",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:32.140548621Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/93xxx/CVE-2026-93869.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93869",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cotonti-through-1.0.0-open-redirect-via-unanchored-cot-url-check-regex",
        "https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/issues/1891",
        "https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/pull/1899",
        "https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti",
        "https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/blob/1.0.0/plugins/ratings/ratings.ajax.php",
        "https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/blob/1.0.0/system/functions.php"
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 499109,
  "published_at": "2026-09-18T19:56:35.457+00:00"
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