Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-5828 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-5828 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-5828?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 9 April 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Code-Projects Simple IT Discussion Forum 1.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-5828?
- 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-2026-5828 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-5828?
- 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 SQL injection vulnerability exists in code-projects Simple IT Discussion Forum 1.0 within the '/functions/addcomment.php' component. The root cause is the improper neutralization of the 'postid' POST parameter before its use in a database query. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted HTTP requests containing boolean-based or time-based blind SQL payloads. Successful exploitation allows for unauthorized database enumeration, data extraction, and potential tampering with forum records. A public Proof-of-Concept (PoC) using sqlmap has been disclosed.
Affected products
- code-projects Simple IT Discussion Forum 1.0
Timeline
- 2026-03-25: disclosed: Vulnerability details and PoC shared on GitHub issue tracker
- 2026-04-09: advisory: CVE published and listed in NVD