Database compromise via hard-coded db.php credentials
Published Sep 7, 2026 · Updated Sep 9, 2026
Hard-coded credentials in SourceCodester Syllabus-Aligned Learning Management & Examination System 1.0 allow remote attackers to access its database. The shipped db.php embeds fixed database authentication values instead of obtaining deployment-specific secrets, exposing reusable credentials in the publicly distributed source code. Exploitation requires no application account or user interaction; a reachable database accepting those values permits reading, changing, or deleting application data and interrupting service.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded credentials in SourceCodester Syllabus-Aligned Learning Management & Examination System 1.0 allow remote attackers to access its database. The shipped db.php embeds fixed database authentication values instead of obtaining deployment-specific secrets, exposing reusable credentials in the publicly distributed source code. Exploitation requires no application account or user interaction; a reachable database accepting those values permits reading, changing, or deleting application data and interrupting service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-86276
- Published
- Sep 7, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Online Computer and Laptop Store Project
- Product
- Syllabus-Aligned Learning Management & Examination System
- Classifications
- CWE-798, CWE-259, T1552.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 7, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Public exploit references
- VULN-03 SQL Injection and Hardcoded Credentials reportproof of concept · unverified
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