CVE-2026-108807: krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem SQL injection in admin registration

CVE-2026-108807 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.3 · Published 2026-10-12

EmployeeRecruitmentSystem is a legacy employee hiring application that is no longer maintained. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit an SQL injection vulnerability in the admin registration endpoint to read or modify the entire database, including credentials stored in plaintext and administrator accounts. This could lead to complete compromise of the system, unauthorized access to sensitive hiring data, and account takeover.

Technologies: Krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem. Vendors: Krupalshah.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-108807 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-108807 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-108807?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 12 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem V1.0 and prior (master branch; no version tags; unmaintained since 2016).
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-108807?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Disable or restrict access to the /source/adminregister.php endpoint at the web server or firewall level. Remove this product from production immediately and migrate to a maintained alternative, as the vendor has not responded and provides no patches. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-108807 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-108807?
Check whether you run Krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

Disable or restrict access to the /source/adminregister.php endpoint at the web server or firewall level. Remove this product from production immediately and migrate to a maintained alternative, as the vendor has not responded and provides no patches.

Technical details

An unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability exists in source/adminregister.php where POST parameters (email and password) are concatenated directly into an unparameterized INSERT statement without sanitization or prepared statements. The vulnerability is exploitable via time-based blind techniques and response-based boolean logic; an attacker can extract the full database including plaintext passwords or forge administrator credentials. No patch is available as the project is unmaintained.

Affected products

  • krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem V1.0 and prior (master branch; no version tags; unmaintained since 2016)

Timeline

  • 2026-09-07: disclosed: Issue reported on GitHub
  • 2026-10-12: advisory: CVE-2026-108807 published

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