CVE-2026-5198
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 determined in code-projects Student Membership System 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /admin/index.php of the component Admin Login. This manipulation of the argument username/password causes sql injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.
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 confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the admin login functionality of /admin/index.php in Student Membership System 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries through the username and/or password parameters, potentially enabling authentication bypass or unauthorized database access.
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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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Confirm Student Membership System installationLocate the application web root directory and verify the presence of Student Membership System files, particularly looking for index.php or login-related files in the web directory structureAffected if The application directory contains Student Membership System files and the version cannot be determined or matches 1.0
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Check for vulnerable admin login fileVerify the existence of /admin/index.php in the web root. This is the file containing the vulnerable login logic. Use file system inspection or web path enumerationAffected if The file /admin/index.php exists in the web-accessible directory
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Determine application versionCheck for version indicators such as version files, footer text, meta tags, or configuration files that may display the software version. Compare against 1.0Affected if The installed version is 1.0 or the version cannot be determined
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Assess admin interface exposureDetermine if the /admin/ path is accessible from the network. This can be done via HTTP request to the admin URL or network access control reviewAffected if The admin login page at /admin/index.php is accessible from the network without authentication
A system is affected if Student Membership System version 1.0 is installed with the /admin/index.php file present and the admin interface is network-accessible, allowing exploitation of the unsanitized SQL parameters in the login function
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 dataImplement parameterized queries (prepared statements) for all database operations in the login functionality, apply proper input validation and sanitization, and consider deploying a web application firewall as an additional layer of protection.
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