CVE-2026-73849 (GCVE-0-2026-73849)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-14 17:37 – Updated: 2026-08-14 17:37
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
emlog allows unauthenticated reinstallation via `install.php?action=reinstall`.
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/emlog/emlog/security/advisorie… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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