# CVE-2026-71248: Inventory-Management-System-PHP - Unauthenticated SQL Injection in Login and Product Deletion

> Unauthenticated attackers can bypass login and access data via SQL injection in the Inventory-Management-System-PHP application.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w54w-xf28-wf79

## What is CVE-2026-71248?

CVE-2026-71248 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Harsh21Patel Inventory-Management-System-PHP, published on 5 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Inventory-Management-System-PHP's login.php constructs its authentication query via direct string concatenation of raw POST parameters: = "select * from user where email = '' and password = ''", with no escaping or parameterization, allowing authentication bypass via a payload such as email=' OR 1=1 LIMIT 1-- -.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-71248?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-71248?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-71248 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-71248 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-71248 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-71248 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-71248 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Harsh21Patel Inventory-Management-System-PHP, published on 5 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-71248 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Harsh21Patel Inventory-Management-System-PHP. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71248/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71248/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71248
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71248
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-71248

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71248/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.