CVE-2026-2172
Published: 08 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-2172 is a high-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Fabian Online Application System For Admission. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 2.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
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.
Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.
Developer assessments and testing (including injection-focused techniques) identify improper neutralization of special elements, and the verifiable flaw remediation corrects them pre-deployment.
Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.
Identifies indicators of injection attacks (command, SQL, LDAP, etc.) via anomaly and attack monitoring.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing web login endpoint directly enables remote exploitation of the application without auth.
NVD Description
A vulnerability was determined in code-projects Online Application System for Admission 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file enrollment/index.php of the component Login Endpoint. Executing a manipulation can lead to sql injection. The attack can…
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be launched remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-2172 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) in the code-projects Online Application System for Admission version 1.0. The flaw resides in an unknown functionality of the file enrollment/index.php within the Login Endpoint component. Published on 2026-02-08, it 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), rated as high severity.
The vulnerability enables remote attackers to launch SQL injection attacks without requiring privileges or user interaction. Exploitation involves manipulating inputs to the affected endpoint, potentially allowing limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption.
Advisories from VulDB detail the issue at https://vuldb.com/?id.344873 and related entries like https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.344873 and https://vuldb.com/?submit.749253, with the project site at https://code-projects.org/. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized by attackers. No specific patches are mentioned in available details.
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