# CVE-2026-76998: SourceCodester Simple Online Food Ordering System SQL injection in delete_category

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-76998-sourcecodester-simple-online-food-ordering-system-sql-injection  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-08-20. Updated: 2026-09-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-76998 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.3 · Published 2026-08-20

SourceCodester Simple Online Food Ordering System is a web-based food ordering platform. A SQL injection vulnerability in the category management function allows attackers to manipulate database queries remotely without authentication, potentially exposing or modifying sensitive business data, customer information, and order details.

Technologies: [SourceCodester Simple Online Food Ordering System](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/simple-online-food-ordering-system). Vendors: [SourceCodester](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/sourcecodester).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-76998 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-76998 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-76998?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 20 August 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** SourceCodester Simple Online Food Ordering System 1.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-76998?** 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-2026-76998 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-76998?** Check whether you run SourceCodester Simple Online Food Ordering System 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

The vulnerability is a SQL injection flaw in the /admin/ajax.php?action=delete_category endpoint, where the 'id' parameter is directly concatenated into SQL queries without sanitization or parameterized statements. An unauthenticated attacker can send a POST request with a malicious 'id' parameter containing SQL metacharacters (supporting time-based blind and boolean-based blind injection techniques) to read arbitrary database content, modify data, or execute administrative operations. The vulnerable component accepts user input directly from the HTTP POST body and passes it unsanitized to backend SQL execution. Patches should implement prepared statements with parameter binding and strict input validation on all user-supplied parameters.

## Affected products

- SourceCodester Simple Online Food Ordering System 1.0

## Timeline

- 2026-07-05: disclosed
- 2026-08-20: advisory

## References

- [https://github.com/normabowie11-max/cve/issues/1](https://github.com/normabowie11-max/cve/issues/1)
- [https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-76998](https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-76998)

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