Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-9421

High

Published: 25 May 2026

Published
25 May 2026
Modified
26 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0004 10.8th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-9421 is a high-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 10.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique.
Threat & Defense Details

Likely Mitigating ControlsAI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-434

This control enforces ownership-based restrictions on portable storage device use, directly implementing access control over media insertion into organizational systems.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-434

Hardware write-protect enforces access control on critical resources (e.g., firmware) independent of software state.

addresses: CWE-284

The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.

addresses: CWE-284

Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.

addresses: CWE-284

Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.

addresses: CWE-284

Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.

addresses: CWE-284

By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-284

Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1505.003 Web Shell Persistence
Adversaries may backdoor web servers with web shells to establish persistent access to systems.
Why these techniques?

Unrestricted file upload in a public-facing web application directly enables remote exploitation (T1190) and deployment of a web shell (T1505.003).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

A vulnerability was determined in KLiK SocialMediaWebsite 1.0. This vulnerability affects the function uniqid of the file upload.inc.php of the component File Handler. This manipulation causes unrestricted upload. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed…

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and may be utilized.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
OWASP Top 10 Web 2025

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