Is CVE-2026-116049 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-116049 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-116049?

High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 25 October 2026.

Which products and versions are affected?

Krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem V1.0.

How is CVE-2026-116049 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-116049?

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.

CVE-2026-116049: krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem SQL injection in Registration Wizard

CVE-2026-116049 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.3 · Published 2026-10-25

EmployeeRecruitmentSystem is a recruitment management application that handles employee registration. An SQL injection vulnerability in the registration form allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database queries and extract sensitive data such as candidate information and academic records. The application is no longer maintained, and exploitation requires only network access without authentication.

Technologies: Krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem. Vendors: Krupalshah.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-116049 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-116049 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-116049?: High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 25 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem V1.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-116049?: No fixed version is recorded yet. Discontinue use of this product immediately, as it is unmaintained. If the application must remain operational, restrict network access to the registration endpoint and implement a web application firewall rule to block SQL injection patterns in POST parameters to registerform2.php.</anigation> </invoke> 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-2026-116049 attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-116049?: 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

Discontinue use of this product immediately, as it is unmaintained. If the application must remain operational, restrict network access to the registration endpoint and implement a web application firewall rule to block SQL injection patterns in POST parameters to registerform2.php.</anigation> </invoke>

Technical details

The vulnerability is a blind SQL injection in /source/registerform2.php where eight POST parameters (university, institute, branch, degree, status, cpi, semester, experience) are directly concatenated into an INSERT statement without sanitization or prepared statements. An unauthenticated remote attacker can inject SQL through any of these parameters to extract data via boolean-based blind or time-based blind techniques. The product is unmaintained and no patch is available.

Affected products

krupalshah EmployeeRecruitmentSystem V1.0

Timeline

2026-09-23: disclosed
2026-10-25: advisory

References

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