Description
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.
Published: 2026-08-14
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Emlog
Emlog emlog
Vendors & Products Emlog
Emlog emlog

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title emlog allows unauthenticated reinstallation via `install.php?action=reinstall`.
Weaknesses CWE-306
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-14T17:37:20.232Z

Reserved: 2026-08-13T17:44:28.644Z

Link: CVE-2026-73849

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-14T18:19:09.987

Modified: 2026-08-14T18:19:09.987

Link: CVE-2026-73849

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T20:15:13Z

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