CVE-2026-0546
Published: 02 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-0546 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Code-Projects Content Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 32.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-0546 is a SQL injection vulnerability affecting code-projects Content Management System version 1.0. The issue resides in an unknown function within the file search.php, where manipulation of the "Value" argument enables SQL injection. Associated with CWE-74 and CWE-89, the vulnerability was published on 2026-01-02 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).
Remote attackers require no privileges or user interaction to exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity. Successful exploitation grants limited impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption within the affected CMS.
Advisories and further details are documented in references including VulDB entries (ctiid.339338, id.339338, submit.728924), the code-projects.org site, and a GitHub issue at github.com/gtxy114514/CVE/issues/1. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized by attackers.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-0703
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was determined in code-projects Content Management System 1.0. This impacts an unknown function of the file search.php. This manipulation of the argument Value causes sql injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has…
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been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
SQL injection in publicly accessible search.php of a web CMS directly enables remote unauthenticated exploitation of a public-facing application.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and sanitization of untrusted inputs such as the Value argument in search.php to block SQL injection payloads.
Limits the database privileges available to the CMS application account, reducing the impact of any successful SQL injection on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Requires timely remediation of the known SQL injection flaw in search.php through patching or code fixes before exploitation occurs.