InjectionWeakness · CWE-74

CVE-2026-2553

MEDIUM · 6.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-02-16
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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69/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click

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 · unedited
A security flaw has been discovered in tushar-2223 Hotel-Management-System up to bb1f3b3666124b888f1e4bcf51b6fba9fbb01d15. This affects an unknown part of the file /home.php of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument Name/Email results in sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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 · moderate confidence

SQL injection vulnerability in the Hotel-Management-System's /home.php file allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries via the Name/Email POST parameter. The vulnerability exists in the HTTP POST Request Handler component and has a public exploit available.

MitigationImplement parameterized queries (prepared statements) for all database operations using the Name/Email parameters. Apply input validation and consider deploying a WAF as an interim control given the vendor's non-response.

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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
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify Hotel-Management-System installation
    Locate the web application's document root and confirm the presence of Hotel-Management-System files, particularly /home.php
    Affected if The application is running and /home.php exists in the web directory
  2. Check for vulnerable /home.php file
    Inspect the /home.php file for POST parameter handling code, specifically looking for Name and Email parameters being used in SQL queries without prepared statements
    Affected if The file contains direct SQL query construction using $_POST['Name'] or $_POST['Email'] without parameter binding
  3. Verify POST request handler vulnerability
    Review the HTTP POST Request Handler code in /home.php to confirm if user-supplied Name/Email input is concatenated directly into SQL statements
    Affected if The code shows SQL queries where POST parameters are inserted directly into query strings rather than bound as parameters
  4. Test parameter injection possibility
    If accessible, send a crafted POST request to /home.php with SQL injection payloads in the Name or Email fields and observe database response behavior
    Affected if The application returns database errors or exhibits unexpected behavior indicating SQL injection is possible

A defender is affected if they run the Hotel-Management-System with the /home.php file containing direct SQL query construction using Name/Email POST parameters without prepared statements.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement parameterized queries (prepared statements) for all database operations using the Name/Email parameters. Apply input validation and consider deploying a WAF as an interim control given the vendor's non-response.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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