CVE Intelligence
High Cross-site scripting

CVE-2026-115513 — OpenCATS before 0.12.0 Stored XSS via MRU Navigation Panel

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.

Published Oct 22, 2026 · Updated Oct 22, 2026 · Sources: CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP, NIST National Vulnerability Database · CNA: VulnCheck

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.
How the score was calculated
  • EPSS 0.3% (30-day exploitation probability)+3
  • Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation
Not confirmed
Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.
EPSS FIRST
0.3%
ahead of 22% of scored CVEs · Oct 27, 2026
Affects
OpenCATS
OpenCATS
CVSS base
8.7
High · 2 source(s)

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

  1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (OpenCATS OpenCATS).
  2. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
  3. Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
  4. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (cross-site scripting), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

VendorProductVersionsStatusSource
OpenCATS OpenCATS ≥ 0.10.0 and < 0.12.0 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactScored by
6.3 CVSS 4.0 Medium — — disclosure@vulncheck.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
6.3 CVSS 4.0 Medium — — VulnCheck via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
8.7 CVSS 3.1 High 2.3 5.8 disclosure@vulncheck.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
8.7 CVSS 3.1 High — — VulnCheck via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N (score shown at the top: disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-79 · Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 23, 2026 → Oct 27, 2026 · 5 reading(s) · max 0.30%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

  • Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
  • Monitor CSP violation reports and script payloads in reflected parameters.
web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSapplication logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

  • 2026
  • Source status changed · Published → Deferred
    Oct 22, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Record published
    Oct 22, 2026
  • CVSS changed · 8.7
    Oct 22, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Source status changed · → Published
    Oct 22, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Record created in this database
    Oct 22, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • CVE published
    Oct 22, 2026 · VulnCheck

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

  • 1× Official description updated · Oct 22, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026

References

4 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

OpenCATS
every CVE for this vendor
Cross-site scripting
same class
CWE-79
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

  • CVE-2026-113349 OpenCATS before 0.10.0 Missing Authorization in Calendar editEvent/deleteEvent 8d
  • CVE-2026-112783 OpenCATS before 0.10.0 Missing Authorization via Activity AJAX Endpoints 8d
  • CVE-2026-112784 OpenCATS before 0.10.0 Missing Authorization via ajax/testEmailSettings.php 8d
  • CVE-2026-112785 OpenCATS before 0.10.0 Missing Authorization in Saved-List AJAX Endpoints 8d
  • CVE-2026-112786 OpenCATS before 0.10.0 Missing Authorization via Import Revert Action 8d
  • CVE-2026-112787 OpenCATS before 0.10.0 Missing Authorization in Reports Module EEO Reports 8d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
  • No CISA SSVC assessment.
  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-115513 is "OpenCATS before 0.12.0 Stored XSS via MRU Navigation Panel", rated High. It affects OpenCATS (OpenCATS); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 8.7 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.30% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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