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CVE-2026-39394

Is CVE-2026-39394 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.

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Exploited in wild
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CISA KEV
Public exploit
None known
Metasploit/EDB/PoC
Base severity
8.1 High
CVSS
Exploitation prob.
0.5%
FIRST EPSS
Weakness
CWE-93
CWE

High CVSS base score, but low real-world exploitation probability (EPSS). Likely less urgent than the score implies.

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Real, but low real-world risk

A genuine vulnerability on paper, but EPSS shows little real-world exploitation — the base score may overstate urgency. This is not the same as a false positive.

Based on CVSS · FIRST EPSS

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Affected:Ci4 Cms Erp

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CI4MS is a CodeIgniter 4-based CMS skeleton that delivers a production-ready, modular architecture with RBAC authorization and theme support. Prior to 0.31.4.0, the Install::index() controller reads the host POST parameter without any validation and passes it directly into updateEnvSettings(), which writes it into the .env file via preg_replace(). Because newline characters in the value are not stripped, an attacker can inject arbitrary configuration directives into the .env file. The install routes have CSRF protection explicitly disabled, and the InstallFilter can be bypassed when cache('settings') is empty (cache expiry or fresh deployment). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.31.4.0.

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    Field note · TruePositive EditorialCurated

    This scores high on paper (CVSS 8.1) but the real-world signal is low. It is not in CISA KEV and no public exploit was found, and near-term exploitation looks unlikely (EPSS about 1%). Verify your own exposure before treating it as urgent. It is reachable over the network with no authentication and no user interaction, which is the most dangerous profile. Not an emergency for most teams, but patch it in your normal cycle and check whether the affected component is actually exposed in your setup.

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Same weakness: CWE-93.