InjectionWeakness · CWE-74

CVE-2026-5637

HIGH · 7.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-04-06
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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82/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges 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 vulnerability has been detected in projectworlds Car Rental System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /message_admin.php of the component Parameter Handler. Such manipulation of the argument Message leads to sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.

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 projectworlds Car Rental System 1.0's /message_admin.php file. The 'Message' parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in SQL queries, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL code and potentially exfiltrate or manipulate database contents.

MitigationReplace dynamic SQL queries with prepared statements/parameterized queries, and implement proper input validation on the Message parameter. Additionally, apply the principle of least privilege to the database user account.

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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 checks

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

  1. Confirm Car Rental System installation
    Locate the Car Rental System application on the server. Check for the presence of message_admin.php file in the web root or application directory.
    Affected if The file /message_admin.php exists in the application web directory.
  2. Identify application version
    Check for version information in source files, README, or admin panel. Compare the installed version to version 1.0.
    Affected if The installed version is Car Rental System 1.0.
  3. Examine message_admin.php source code
    Open /message_admin.php and inspect how the 'Message' parameter is handled. Look for direct insertion into SQL queries without prepared statements or sanitization functions.
    Affected if The Message parameter is concatenated directly into SQL queries without parameterization or input sanitization.
  4. Check database user privileges
    Review the database configuration file to identify what privileges the application database user has.
    Affected if The database user has elevated privileges (such as FILE_PRIVILEGES, administrative roles, or excessive table permissions) that could allow exfiltration or manipulation.

A user is affected if they run Car Rental System version 1.0 with the message_admin.php file accessible and the Message parameter handled without parameterized queries in the source code.

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

Replace dynamic SQL queries with prepared statements/parameterized queries, and implement proper input validation on the Message parameter. Additionally, apply the principle of least privilege to the database user account.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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