CVE-2026-111874

What it is

A flaw has been found in OpenCATS 0.10.0. Affected is the function processLogin of the file modules/careers/CareersUI.php of the component Career Portal. This manipulation of the argument applyToJobSubAction causes improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. A high degree of complexity is needed for the attack. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been published and may be used. Patch name: 1cf4fa3ee9054314b023be79d404078645c22ade. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue. The project maintainer explains: "Candidates will now need to authenticate each time they access the Career Portal and successfully complete the CAPTCHA as part of that authentication flow. The authenticated candidate identity is now maintained server-side rather than relying on the previous persistent client-side cats…cw cookie mechanism. Application-level rate limiting is deliberately not in scope for this change. In my view, request throttling and brute-force protection of that kind are better applied at the network, reverse-proxy or web-server layer, where they can be configured appropriately for each deployment without OpenCATS having to implement and maintain its own rate-limiting framework. I'll update the online documentation to that effect."

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.

Exploit odds

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

1. 2026-10-18 06:16 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-10-19 16:17 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

• Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
• Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
• Severity: 2.9 LOW (CVSS).
• Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published

2026-10-18 06:16 UTC

Last modified

2026-10-19 16:17 UTC

Exploit probability

0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days

Weakness

CWE-307

Record status

Deferred

Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 2.9

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

High

Attack requirements

None

Privileges needed

None

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

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