Is CVE-2026-5826 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-5826 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-5826?

Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 9 April 2026.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-5826?

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-2026-5826 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-5826?

Check whether you run Code-Projects Simple IT Discussion Forum 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-2026-5826: code-projects Simple IT Discussion Forum XSS in edit-category.php

CVE-2026-5826 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.3 · Published 2026-04-09

A security vulnerability exists in the Simple IT Discussion Forum, a web-based platform for community discussions. An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the forum's category management page, which could allow them to steal user session information or perform unauthorized actions on behalf of other users. This occurs because the software does not properly verify or clean information entered into the category fields.

Technologies: Code-Projects Simple IT Discussion Forum. Vendors: Code-Projects.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-5826 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-5826 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-5826?: Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 9 April 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Code-Projects Simple IT Discussion Forum 1.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-5826?: 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-2026-5826 attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-5826?: Check whether you run Code-Projects Simple IT Discussion Forum 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 reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in code-projects Simple IT Discussion Forum 1.0 within the /edit-category.php component. The root cause is the improper neutralization of user-supplied input in the 'Category' parameter, which is echoed back to the user without sufficient validation or output encoding. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into clicking a specially crafted link, leading to the execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser context. This can result in session hijacking, cookie theft, or unauthorized actions. A proof-of-concept exploit has been publicly disclosed.

Affected products

code-projects Simple IT Discussion Forum 1.0

Timeline

2026-03-25: disclosed: Vulnerability details and PoC shared on GitHub
2026-04-09: advisory: CVE published

References

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