CVE-2026-13498
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability was identified in yashpokharna2555 restaurent-management-system. This affects an unknown function of the file /forgotpassword.php of the component POST Parameter Handler. Such manipulation of the argument email leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in /forgotpassword.php allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries via the unprotected email POST parameter. The application fails to sanitize user input before using it in database queries, enabling attackers to manipulate query logic, extract sensitive data, or potentially execute system commands.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the forgotpassword.php fileSearch the webroot directory for the file: find /var/www -name 'forgotpassword.php' 2>/dev/null or use Windows equivalent (dir /s forgotpassword.php)Affected if The file exists in the application directory structure
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Verify the email parameter is handledInspect forgotpassword.php and search for $_POST['email'] or $email variable usage in SQL queries. Look for code patterns like mysql_query, mysqli_query, or PDO query construction without prepared statementsAffected if The code processes the email POST parameter in raw SQL without sanitization or parameterization
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Check if the application uses vulnerable SQL constructionGrep the file for patterns like "SELECT.*email", "WHERE.*email", or string concatenation with the email variable in SQL statements (e.g., "SELECT... WHERE email = '" . $email . "'")Affected if SQL queries directly embed the email variable without using prepared statements or parameter binding
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Confirm the forgot password endpoint is accessibleTest accessing the forgotpassword.php page via HTTP: curl -X POST http://TARGET/forgotpassword.php -d '[email protected]'Affected if The endpoint responds and processes the email parameter without proper validation
If forgotpassword.php exists, processes the email POST parameter in raw SQL queries without prepared statements, and the endpoint is accessible, the environment is affected by this SQL injection vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries/prepared statements in forgotpassword.php and audit all other database interactions for similar vulnerabilities. Implement proper input validation for the email parameter.
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