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CVE-2026-40523: FrontAccounting < 2.4.20 SQL Injection via reporting/rep710.php

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-06-29 · updated 2026-06-29
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

FrontAccounting before 2.4.20 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the Audit Trail report handler that allows authenticated attackers with SA_GLANALYTIC permission to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code into the PARAM_2 and PARAM_3 POST parameters. Attackers can exploit time-based blind SQL injection through SLEEP() functions that are amplified across JOIN result sets to cause denial of service by exhausting database connections, or extract arbitrary database content through UNION-based injection techniques.

Affected products

• FrontAccounting: before 2.4.20 — fixed in 2.4.20

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: FrontAccounting 2.4.20. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/FrontAccountingERP/FA/commit/647a18196caad27f96ea852e993c9e30f815357f
• https://jivasecurity.com/writeups/frontaccounting-sqli-audit-trail-report-cve-2026-40523
• https://sourceforge.net/p/frontaccounting/news/2026/04/release-2420/
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/frontaccounting-sql-injection-via-reporting-rep710-php

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