7.3High
CVE-2026-86290
A weakness has been identified in SourceCodester Online Voting System 1.0. This affects an unknown function of the file /voting/ajax.php?action=save_category. This manipulation of the argument Category causes sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.3% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 19% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.3 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L- CVSS v4
- 5.5
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Assigned by
- cna@vuldb.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-07
- Last modified
- 2026-09-08
- Sources
- NVD