Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-116048 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-116048 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-116048?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 25 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem V1.0 and earlier (no longer maintained since 2016).
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-116048?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. 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-2026-116048 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-116048?
- 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.
Technical details
A SQL injection vulnerability exists in /source/registerform1.php where nine POST parameters are concatenated directly into an INSERT SQL statement without sanitisation, prepared statements, or escaping. The vulnerable endpoint is reachable without authentication, and supports boolean-based blind and time-based blind injection techniques. An unauthenticated remote attacker can extract or manipulate database contents.
Affected products
- krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem V1.0 and earlier (no longer maintained since 2016)
Timeline
- 2026-09-23: disclosed
- 2026-10-25: advisory