FKIE_CVE-2026-73849

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-14 18:19 - Updated: 2026-09-16 13:42
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Emlog is an open source website building system. In 2.6.26 and earlier, install.php accepts action=reinstall without authentication and deliberately skips the already-installed check because the guard runs only when $act != 'reinstall'. A remote attacker can submit hostname, dbuser, dbpasswd, dbname, dbprefix, username, password, and email values to cause file_put_contents('config.php', $config) to overwrite the configuration with attacker-controlled database settings and create a new administrator account. No fixed version is available as of this review.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/emlog/emlog/security/advisories/GHSA-v5qq-p8mp-3gxm
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/emlog/emlog/security/advisories/GHSA-v5qq-p8mp-3gxm
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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      "value": "Emlog is an open source website building system. In 2.6.26 and earlier, install.php accepts action=reinstall without authentication and deliberately skips the already-installed check because the guard runs only when $act != \u0027reinstall\u0027. A remote attacker can submit hostname, dbuser, dbpasswd, dbname, dbprefix, username, password, and email values to cause file_put_contents(\u0027config.php\u0027, $config) to overwrite the configuration with attacker-controlled database settings and create a new administrator account. No fixed version is available as of this review."
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  "lastModified": "2026-09-16T13:42:42.870",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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          "timestamp": "2026-08-18T02:12:25.955172Z",
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