SQL InjectionWeakness · CWE-89

CVE-2026-39229

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-05-29
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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71/100
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
Bolt CMS through 3.7.0 allows SQL Injection in the 'order' parameter of the content listing pages. An authenticated attacker with low-level privileges can exploit this through the OrderDirective component. This allows for the extraction of sensitive information

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 confidence

Bolt CMS through version 3.7.0 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the 'order' parameter of content listing pages. The vulnerability exists in the OrderDirective component and can be exploited by authenticated users with low-level privileges to inject malicious SQL queries and extract sensitive information from the database.

MitigationUpgrade to a patched version of Bolt CMS (3.7.1 or later). If unable to upgrade immediately, implement input validation and parameterized queries for the order parameter in the OrderDirective component to prevent SQL injection.

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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
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

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  1. Confirm Bolt CMS installation
    Identify if Bolt CMS is present on the system by checking for Bolt-specific files such as composer.json,bolt.yml, or the vendor/bolt directory in the web root
    Affected if Bolt CMS is present and the installed version is 3.7.0 or lower
  2. Determine Bolt CMS version
    Locate the version file or composer.json in the Bolt CMS installation directory and extract the installed version number
    Affected if The installed version is 3.7.0 or any version lower than 3.7.0
  3. Locate OrderDirective component
    Search the Bolt CMS source code for the OrderDirective class or file that handles the 'order' parameter in content listing functionality
    Affected if The OrderDirective component exists and processes the 'order' parameter without proper sanitization
  4. Verify order parameter acceptance
    Access a content listing page endpoint (such as /admin/content/*) and inspect whether the 'order' parameter is accepted in the request
    Affected if The content listing endpoint accepts an 'order' parameter that can be manipulated
  5. Check low-privilege user access
    Review the authentication and authorization configuration to determine if users with low-level privileges can access content listing pages
    Affected if Low-privilege authenticated users have access to content listing pages with the vulnerable order parameter

A user is affected if Bolt CMS version 3.7.0 or lower is installed, the OrderDirective component handles the order parameter, and low-privilege authenticated users can access content listing pages with the order parameter.

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

Upgrade to a patched version of Bolt CMS (3.7.1 or later). If unable to upgrade immediately, implement input validation and parameterized queries for the order parameter in the OrderDirective component to prevent SQL injection.

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