Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-9420

Published
25 May 2026
Modified
23 July 2026
CVSS Score v4 2.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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 0.0024 16th percentile
Risk Priority 15 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-9420 is a low-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 2.1 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 16th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SC-7 (Boundary Protection) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability was found in KLiK SocialMediaWebsite 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the component HTTP GET Request Parameter Handler. The manipulation results in injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public…

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and could be used.

CWE(s)

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.
Why these techniques?

Remote injection flaw in public-facing web app HTTP parameter handler directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Accessconfidence: HIGH
Remote injection via HTTP GET parameter directly enables exploitation of a public-facing web application.
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Executionconfidence: MEDIUM
Successful injection can lead to arbitrary command or script execution on the server.
inferred from description + CWE · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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CVE-2026-10220Shared CWE-707, CWE-74
CVE-2026-29777Shared CWE-74

Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SI-10 Information Input Validation
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)
  • SI-4 System Monitoring
Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 6 hardening rules · 4 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.3.9
  • V1.2.1
  • V1.2.3
  • V1.2.5

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires validation and sanitization of all information inputs (including HTTP GET parameters) to block injection attacks such as the one described in CVE-2026-9420.

prevent

Boundary protection mechanisms (e.g., WAF rules or input filters at network edges) can inspect and drop malicious GET requests before they reach the vulnerable parameter handler.

detect

Continuous monitoring of inbound web traffic and anomalous parameter values enables detection of injection attempts against the HTTP GET handler.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and output encoding that prevent injection flaws.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Secure coding standards directly require proper neutralization of inputs and outputs, eliminating CWE-707.

detects

Security testing in development catches injection vulnerabilities before release.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
detects

Logging supports detection of injection attempts but does not prevent the weakness.

detects

Monitoring activities can identify active injection attacks after they occur.

prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevent injection flaws.

prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection attacks in software design.

References