CVE-2026-7115: Employee Management System SQLi Flaw

CVE-2026-7115 Overview

CVE-2026-7115 is a SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Employee Management System 1.0. The flaw resides in the 370project/delete.php script, where the ID parameter is passed to a database query without proper sanitization. Attackers can manipulate the ID argument to inject arbitrary SQL statements. The issue is classified under [CWE-74] (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component). The vulnerability is remotely exploitable and a public proof-of-concept exists, lowering the barrier to exploitation. The flaw requires low-privilege authentication but no user interaction.

Critical Impact
Authenticated remote attackers can inject SQL through the ID parameter of delete.php, exposing or altering database records in the Employee Management System.

Affected Products

code-projects Employee Management System 1.0
Component: 370project/delete.php
Parameter: ID

Discovery Timeline

2026-04-27 - CVE-2026-7115 published to NVD
2026-04-29 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2026-7115

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability is a SQL injection flaw in the deletion workflow of the Employee Management System 1.0. When a user submits a request to 370project/delete.php, the application reads the ID argument from the request and concatenates it directly into an SQL statement. Because the parameter is neither validated nor parameterized, an attacker can append arbitrary SQL syntax. This allows reading, modifying, or deleting records held by the underlying database. The public proof-of-concept referenced by VulDB Vulnerability Details and the GitHub CVE PoC Document demonstrates remote exploitation with a low-privilege account.

Root Cause

The root cause is missing input sanitization and the absence of prepared statements in delete.php. User-controlled input from the ID parameter is interpolated into a dynamic SQL string. PHP code that concatenates request variables into queries without using parameter binding falls within the [CWE-74] injection category.

Attack Vector

An authenticated attacker sends a crafted HTTP request to 370project/delete.php and supplies a malicious payload in the ID parameter. The injected SQL executes in the context of the application's database user. Because the attack is network-based and requires only low privileges with no user interaction, exploitation can be automated against exposed instances. The vulnerability does not require chained flaws to deliver impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of database contents.

No verified exploit code is reproduced here. See the GitHub CVE PoC Document for the published technical write-up.

Detection Methods for CVE-2026-7115

Indicators of Compromise

Web server access logs containing requests to 370project/delete.php with SQL metacharacters such as ', --, UNION, SLEEP(, or OR 1=1 in the ID parameter.
Unexpected database errors or stack traces emitted by delete.php responses.
Unusual DELETE, SELECT, or UNION statements in MySQL general or slow query logs originating from the application user.

Detection Strategies

Deploy a web application firewall (WAF) signature that inspects the ID query string parameter for SQL syntax tokens.
Enable database query logging and alert on queries originating from delete.php that contain UNION SELECT, comment markers, or boolean tautologies.
Correlate authenticated user sessions with anomalous request rates to delete.php to surface scripted exploitation attempts.

Monitoring Recommendations

Forward web server, PHP error, and database logs to a centralized analytics platform for cross-source correlation.
Baseline normal request patterns to 370project/delete.php and alert on parameter length anomalies or non-numeric ID values.
Track outbound database connections from the application host for unexpected data exfiltration volumes.

How to Mitigate CVE-2026-7115

Immediate Actions Required

Restrict network exposure of the Employee Management System to trusted networks or place it behind a VPN until a fix is applied.
Apply WAF rules that block SQL metacharacters in the ID parameter of delete.php.
Audit application accounts and rotate credentials for any database user accessible to the application.

Patch Information

No official vendor patch is referenced in the NVD record at the time of publication. Consult the Code Projects Resource Hub for updated releases and review the VulDB Submission Overview for tracking status.

Workarounds

Replace dynamic SQL in 370project/delete.php with parameterized queries using PDO or mysqli prepared statements.
Cast the ID parameter to an integer at the entry point of delete.php before it reaches any query.
Apply least-privilege controls on the database account used by the application so it cannot execute DROP or schema-modifying statements.
Disable or remove the delete.php endpoint if it is not required in production.

bash

# Configuration example: enforce integer casting in PHP
# Replace direct usage of $_GET['ID'] in 370project/delete.php with:
# $id = (int) ($_GET['ID'] ?? 0);
# $stmt = $pdo->prepare('DELETE FROM employees WHERE id = :id');
# $stmt->execute([':id' => $id]);