CVE-2026-93868
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.7%
52.5th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-338
Published 2026-09-18 · modified 2026-09-22
Description
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.
References
- https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti
- https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/blob/1.0.0/modules/users/inc/users.passrecover.php
- https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/issues/1890
- https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/pull/1898
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cotonti-through-1.0.0-predictable-password-recovery-token-via-weak-prng
- https://github.com/Cotonti/Cotonti/issues/1890