CVE-2026-5648
Published: 06 April 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-5648 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Code Projects (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 13.5th 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-2026-5648 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) in code-projects Simple Laundry System 1.0. The flaw resides in unknown code within the file /userfinishregister.php of the Parameter Handler component, where manipulation of the firstName argument triggers the injection.
The vulnerability is remotely exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction, and resulting in unchanged scope (CVSS:3.1 score of 7.3: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L). Any unauthenticated remote attacker can leverage it to achieve low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. An exploit has been published and may be used.
Advisories and additional details are documented in references such as https://code-projects.org/, https://github.com/yao536/cve/issues/2, https://vuldb.com/submit/786194, https://vuldb.com/vuln/355436, and https://vuldb.com/vuln/355436/cti. Practitioners should review these for any recommended mitigations or patches.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-19227
Vulnerability details
A flaw has been found in code-projects Simple Laundry System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /userfinishregister.php of the component Parameter Handler. This manipulation of the argument firstName causes sql injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is…
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possible. The exploit has been published and may be used.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in a remotely accessible public-facing web application (user registration endpoint) directly enables initial access via T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and sanitization of the firstName parameter in /userfinishregister.php to prevent SQL injection exploitation.
Mandates timely identification, reporting, and remediation of the specific SQL injection flaw in the Parameter Handler component.
Provides vulnerability scanning to identify SQL injection issues like CVE-2026-5648 in the application, enabling proactive remediation.