OpenCATS before 0.10.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in ajax/testEmailSettings.php that allows any authenticated user to send mail through the configured SMTP relay. Read-level users can supply testEmailAddress and fromAddress parameters to send the fixed test message to any recipient with a spoofed From address.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.3NVD modified 2026-10-20 11:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 5
- https://github.com/opencats/OpenCATS/blob/5781f41814f09493c7ce05b9251b5e09c1aff0cd/ajax/testEmailSettings.php
- https://github.com/opencats/OpenCATS/commit/aa3b414c3672f5010ca26c44192aa8e72d3735bd
- https://github.com/opencats/OpenCATS/issues/720
- https://github.com/opencats/OpenCATS/releases/tag/v0.10.0
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opencats-before-0.10.0-missing-authorization-via-ajax-testemailsettings-php