CVE-2026-5961
Published: 09 April 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-5961 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 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-5961 is a SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Simple IT Discussion Forum 1.0. The issue resides in unknown code within the file /topic-details.php, where manipulation of the post_id argument triggers the injection. Published on 2026-04-09, 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) and maps to CWE-74 and CWE-89.
Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability without authentication or user interaction, requiring only network access and low complexity. Successful exploitation enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption via injected SQL payloads.
Advisories and related details are documented in references including https://code-projects.org/, https://github.com/sifute123/cve/issues/1, https://vuldb.com/submit/790149, https://vuldb.com/vuln/356514, and https://vuldb.com/vuln/356514/cti. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used by attackers.
The vulnerability's public exploit disclosure increases the risk of active exploitation in unpatched instances of the affected forum software.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-20958
Vulnerability details
A security vulnerability has been detected in code-projects Simple IT Discussion Forum 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /topic-details.php. The manipulation of the argument post_id leads to sql injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit…
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has been disclosed publicly and may be used.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The SQL injection vulnerability in a public-facing web application (forum software) directly enables remote exploitation without authentication, mapping to T1190 for initial access via public-facing apps.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces input validation on parameters such as post_id to directly prevent SQL injection exploitation in /topic-details.php.
Requires timely remediation of identified flaws like this SQL injection vulnerability in Simple IT Discussion Forum 1.0.
Provides vulnerability scanning to identify SQL injection flaws such as CVE-2026-5961 in the affected web application.