Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-6182

Medium

Published: 13 April 2026

Published
13 April 2026
Modified
22 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 13.5th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-6182 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-2026-6182 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) in code-projects Simple Content Management System version 1.0. The flaw affects an unknown functionality within the file /web/admin/login.php, where manipulation of the "User" argument enables SQL injection.

The vulnerability is exploitable remotely by unauthenticated attackers (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) with low complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation can result in limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L), yielding a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3. A public exploit is available and might be used.

Advisories on VulDB (vuldb.com/vuln/357105 and related pages) document the issue, including a submission entry, while a GitHub repository provides a proof-of-concept for SQLi login bypass. The software's project page is hosted at code-projects.org. No patch or mitigation details are specified in the referenced advisories.

A publicly available exploit on GitHub indicates potential for immediate exploitation in unpatched environments.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was identified in code-projects Simple Content Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /web/admin/login.php. Such manipulation of the argument User leads to sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The…

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exploit is publicly available and might 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?

SQL injection in public-facing web app login.php enables remote unauthenticated exploitation of the application.

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

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Affected Assets

Code Projects
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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

Directly validates and sanitizes the 'User' argument in /web/admin/login.php to block SQL injection payloads.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Mandates identification, prioritization, and remediation of the SQL injection flaw in the login functionality.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning good match
detect

Requires vulnerability scanning of web applications to identify SQL injection issues like CVE-2026-6182 for remediation.

References