CVE-2026-6163
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 code-projects Lost and Found Thing Management 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /catageory.php. Such manipulation of the argument cat leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might 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 · high confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the cat parameter of /catageory.php in the Lost and Found Thing Management 1.0 application. The vulnerable file does not properly sanitize user input before using it in SQL queries, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious SQL statements.
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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 vulnerable fileSearch for catageory.php in the web application directory (common paths: /var/www/html/, /www/, or the application root)Affected if The file catageory.php exists in the application directory
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Verify the application versionCheck the application manifest, about page, or version file to confirm this is Lost and Found Thing Management version 1.0Affected if The application is Lost and Found Thing Management version 1.0
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Confirm parameter acceptanceTest if catageory.php accepts a 'cat' parameter by requesting the page with a query such as /catageory.php?cat=testAffected if The page responds and accepts the 'cat' parameter without error
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Inspect SQL query implementationOpen catageory.php and examine the code that handles the 'cat' parameter - look for SQL queries that directly concatenate or embed the parameter value without using prepared statements or parameterized queriesAffected if The code contains SQL queries that use the 'cat' parameter directly (e.g., SELECT * FROM table WHERE cat='$cat') without prepare() or bindParam() calls
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Test for SQL injectionIf authorized and in a safe testing environment, submit a benign SQL injection test payload in the 'cat' parameter such as cat=' OR '1'='1 and observe if the query behavior changes the expected outputAffected if The application returns different data or SQL errors when the payload is submitted, indicating unsanitized input is being executed as SQL
A user is affected if the Lost and Found Thing Management 1.0 application has catageory.php present and the code directly uses the 'cat' parameter in SQL queries without prepared statements.
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 catageory.php and audit other files in the application for similar SQL injection vulnerabilities.
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