CVE-2026-93868 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-93868: Cotonti through 1.0.0 Predictable Password Recovery Token via Weak PRNG

Vendor Cotonti
Product Cotonti
Weakness CWE-338
Published September 18, 2026
Last update September 18, 2026

CVSS base score

9.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 18, 2026 CVE published