CVE-2026-3164
Published: 25 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-3164 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Clive 21 News Portal Project. 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 28.8th 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 SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-3164 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) discovered in the itsourcecode News Portal Project version 1.0. The issue affects the processing of the /admin/contactus.php file, where manipulation of the 'pagetitle' argument enables SQL injection. Published on 2026-02-25, 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), indicating high severity due to its network accessibility and lack of prerequisites.
Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. By injecting malicious SQL via the pagetitle parameter, attackers can potentially compromise the application's database, achieving limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption.
Advisories and references, including VulDB entries (ctiid.347671, id.347671, submit.759546), a GitHub issue at a936848435/cve-report-cyy/issues/1, and the vendor site itsourcecode.com, document the vulnerability. The exploit has been made public, increasing the risk of immediate use, though no specific patch or mitigation steps are detailed in the core description.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-8512
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in itsourcecode News Portal Project 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/contactus.php. The manipulation of the argument pagetitle results in sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit…
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has been made public and could be used.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
SQL injection in publicly accessible web app (/admin/contactus.php) directly enables remote unauthenticated exploitation of a public-facing application for database compromise.
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Mitigating Controls
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Directly requires validation and sanitization of untrusted inputs such as the pagetitle parameter before it reaches SQL queries, blocking the injection vector in /admin/contactus.php.
Mandates timely remediation of the publicly disclosed SQL injection flaw in the News Portal Project code, eliminating the vulnerable processing path.
Boundary protection mechanisms such as WAF rules can inspect and block SQL injection payloads targeting the pagetitle argument before they reach the application.