Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-13521

Medium

Published: 29 June 2026

Published
29 June 2026
Modified
29 June 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 5.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0027 18.4th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-13521 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Sourcecodester (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 18.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was identified in SourceCodester Class and Exam Timetabling System 1.0/5.php. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /preview5.php. Such manipulation of the argument course_year_section leads to sql injection. The attack may be performed from…

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remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.

CWE(s)
CWE-74CWE-89

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Remote SQL injection in a public-facing web app directly enables exploitation via T1190.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

Sourcecodester
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation
addresses: CWE-74

Developer assessments and testing (including injection-focused techniques) identify improper neutralization of special elements, and the verifiable flaw remediation corrects them pre-deployment.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-74

Identifies indicators of injection attacks (command, SQL, LDAP, etc.) via anomaly and attack monitoring.

References