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Emlog CMS Pro CVE-2026-53756

| EUVDEUVD-2026-71623 MEDIUM
SQL Injection (CWE-89)
2026-09-04 GitHub_M
4.9
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: GitHub_M
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Vendor (GitHub_M) PRIMARY
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI
4.9 MEDIUM

AUTH_KEY possession maps to PR:H; once held, HMAC forgery is trivial (AC:L); impact is read-only database enumeration (C:H, I:N, A:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch available
Sep 04, 2026 - 19:18 EUVD
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Sep 04, 2026 - 18:26 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Sep 04, 2026 - 18:26 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

Emlog is an open source website building system. Prior to version 2.6.16, Emlog CMS Pro contains a blind SQL injection in User_Model::getUserDataByLogin(). The $account parameter is directly interpolated into SQL queries without any filtering. The vulnerability is reachable through the auth cookie validation path, where $username is extracted from the cookie and passed unfiltered into SQL - guarded only by an HMAC signature that requires AUTH_KEY to forge. This issue has been patched in version 2.6.16.

AnalysisAI

Blind SQL injection in Emlog CMS Pro's User_Model::getUserDataByLogin() function allows a remote attacker who controls the application's AUTH_KEY to enumerate database contents via the authentication cookie validation path. The $account value read from the HMAC-signed cookie is interpolated directly into SQL with no sanitization; the HMAC guard, which requires AUTH_KEY to forge, is the sole access barrier before the vulnerable query executes. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires the attacker to first obtain the application's AUTH_KEY secret, used to sign authentication cookies via HMAC; without this key, the cookie fails validation before the injection path is reached. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.9 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N accurately reflects the constrained risk profile: network reachability and high confidentiality impact are genuine, but the PR:H designation captures the meaningful prerequisite of holding the AUTH_KEY application secret. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Upgrade to Emlog Pro version 2.6.16, which contains the fix confirmed in commit 92b6eea618891b28ed0c520564dff26e170645b4 and available at https://github.com/emlog/emlog/releases/tag/pro-2.6.16. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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