CVE-2026-23836 (GCVE-0-2026-23836)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-19 18:06 – Updated: 2026-01-20 21:40
VLAI?
Title
HotCRP vulnerable to remote code execution through formulas
Summary
HotCRP is conference review software. A problem introduced in April 2024 in version 3.1 led to inadequately sanitized code generation for HotCRP formulas which allowed users to trigger the execution of arbitrary PHP code. The problem is patched in release version 3.2.
Severity ?
10 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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