CVE-2026-5985
Published: 09 April 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-5985 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-2026-5985 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) affecting code-projects Simple IT Discussion Forum version 1.0. The flaw occurs in an unknown function within the file /crud.php, where manipulation of the user_Id argument enables injection of malicious SQL code. 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), indicating high severity.
The vulnerability is exploitable remotely by unauthenticated attackers over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as potential unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption via SQL injection. An exploit has been publicly released and may be used in attacks.
Advisories and additional details are available in references including https://code-projects.org/, https://github.com/2581565901/thebugihadfind/issues/1, https://vuldb.com/submit/791897, https://vuldb.com/vuln/356539, and https://vuldb.com/vuln/356539/cti. No specific patch or mitigation guidance is detailed in the initial disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-21224
Vulnerability details
A security flaw has been discovered in code-projects Simple IT Discussion Forum 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /crud.php. The manipulation of the argument user_Id results in sql injection. The attack may be performed from…
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remote. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing web app (/crud.php) directly enables remote unauthenticated exploitation of an Internet-facing application, mapping to T1190. Limited data access/modification impacts are consequences of this initial access technique.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mandates validation of the user_Id input parameter in /crud.php to block SQL injection attacks.
Requires identification, prioritization, and remediation of the SQL injection flaw in crud.php to prevent exploitation.
Enables vulnerability scanning to identify the SQL injection vulnerability in the Simple IT Discussion Forum application.