CVE-2026-27760

HIGH EXPLOITED NUCLEI

OpenCATS PHP Code Injection via installer AJAX endpoint

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2026-27760 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). A Nuclei detection template is also available.

Description

OpenCATS prior to commit 3002a29 contains a PHP code injection vulnerability in the installer AJAX endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting PHP statements into the databaseConnectivity action parameter. Attackers can break out of the define() string context in config.php using a single quote and statement separator to inject malicious PHP code that persists and executes on every subsequent page load when the installation wizard remains incomplete.

Nuclei Templates (1)

OpenCATS - Command Injection
HIGHVERIFIEDby theamanrawat
Shodan: title:"opencats" || http.title:"opencats"
FOFA: title="opencats"

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.2433
EPSS Percentile 97.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2026-06-17
CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (2)
opencats/OpenCATS < 0.9.7.4
opencats/OpenCATS 3002a29f4c3cada1aa2c4f3d4ae4e189906606b6
Published Apr 28, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 28, 2026