Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-86275 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-86275 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-86275?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 7 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- SourceCodester Syllabus-Aligned Learning Management & Examination System 1.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-86275?
- 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-2026-86275 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-86275?
- Check whether you run SourceCodester Syllabus-Aligned Learning Management & Examination 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 an improper privilege management flaw in the registration function of auth.php. The root cause is insufficient validation of the role parameter during user registration, allowing an attacker to set arbitrary privilege levels without authentication. The attack is network-accessible and requires no prior authentication or user interaction—an attacker can directly craft a registration request with an elevated role value (e.g., admin) to gain administrative access. This enables complete system compromise including unauthorized access to student records, grades, and examination data. No patch is currently available; remediation requires input validation and role-based access control enforcement in the registration handler.
Affected products
- SourceCodester Syllabus-Aligned Learning Management & Examination System 1.0
Timeline
- 2026-09-07: disclosed