OpenCATS before 0.12.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows a low-privileged authenticated user to inject HTML/JavaScript payloads by setting a Candidate, Company, Contact, Job Order, or List name/title field, which is stored unsanitized and later rendered unescaped in the 'Recent' (MRU) navigation panel displayed on nearly every page via lib/MRU.php's getFormatted() function. Attackers can exploit this by crafting a malicious record name that executes arbitrary JavaScript in the session of any other user, including Site Administrators, who views the record, enabling session/cookie theft and privilege escalation to full administrative control.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opencats-before-stored-xss-via-mru-navigation-panel
https://github.com/opencats/OpenCATS/releases/tag/v0.12.0
https://github.com/opencats/OpenCATS/commits/master/lib/MRU.php
https://github.com/opencats/OpenCATS/commit/f82e0ee3045845b90b7e111c46f30998496e38a8
Published: 2026-10-22
Updated: 2026-10-22
Base Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00296