Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-5179

Medium

Published: 31 March 2026

Published
31 March 2026
Modified
24 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 6.9 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 0.0004 14.2th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-5179 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Sourcecodester (inferred from references). 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 14.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2026-5179 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) in SourceCodester Simple Doctors Appointment System 1.0. It affects an unknown part of the file /admin/login.php, where manipulation of the Username argument enables the injection. The vulnerability was published on 2026-03-31T05:16:11.920 and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).

The vulnerability allows remote exploitation without authentication, privileges, or user interaction. Attackers can execute SQL injection attacks over the network with low complexity, potentially achieving low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as limited data exposure, modification, or disruption.

Advisories and details are documented on VulDB (https://vuldb.com/vuln/354247, https://vuldb.com/submit/780353, https://vuldb.com/vuln/354247/cti) and a GitHub issue (https://github.com/dyh1213-wq/cve/issues/3), with the vendor site at https://www.sourcecodester.com/.

The exploit is public and may be used, heightening the risk for deployments of the affected system.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was detected in SourceCodester Simple Doctors Appointment System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /admin/login.php. The manipulation of the argument Username results in sql injection. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now…

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public and may 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?

The unauthenticated SQL injection in a public-facing web application login page directly enables remote exploitation of the application per T1190.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

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

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 requires validation of all user inputs, directly and comprehensively preventing SQL injection exploitation via the Username parameter in /admin/login.php.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 mandates timely flaw remediation, directly addressing and patching the specific SQL injection vulnerability in the affected login.php file.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match
preventdetect

SC-7 enforces boundary protection that can inspect traffic and block SQL injection payloads targeting the unauthenticated /admin/login.php endpoint.

References