Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-9542 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-9542 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-9542?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.3, published 26 May 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- CodeAstro Leave Management System 1.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-9542?
- 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-2026-9542 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-9542?
- Check whether you run CodeAstro Leave Management 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
A SQL injection vulnerability exists in CodeAstro Leave Management System 1.0 within the /admin/add_staff.php file (and its associated processing script /admin/add_staff_db.php). The root cause is the improper neutralization of special elements in the 'email_id' POST parameter, which is used directly in SQL queries without sufficient validation or prepared statements. A remote attacker with low-level privileges can provide malicious input to perform boolean-based blind, error-based, or time-based blind SQL injection. This allows for unauthorized database access, data extraction, and potential tampering with system records. A public exploit (PoC) using sqlmap has been disclosed.
Affected products
- CodeAstro Leave Management System 1.0
Timeline
- 2026-04-28: disclosed: Initial disclosure on GitHub issue tracker
- 2026-05-26: advisory: NVD publication date