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CVE-2026-5838: SQL Injection in PHPGurukul News Portal Project

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Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-5838cvecve-2026-5838
Published: 04/09/2026 (04/09/2026, 03:30:14 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: PHPGurukul
Product: News Portal Project

Description

CVE-2026-5838 is a medium severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul News Portal Project version 4.1. It affects the /admin/add-subadmins.php file, where manipulation of the sadminusername parameter can lead to SQL injection. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely without user interaction. Although the exploit has been publicly disclosed, there are no known exploits in the wild at this time. No official patch or remediation guidance has been provided by the vendor yet.

CVSS v4.0

Score 5.1medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Vuln. Confidentiality
Low
Vuln. Integrity
Low
Vuln. Availability
Low
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
None
Subsq. Availability
None
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Affected software

GitHub Actionsmore threats →ai
phpgurukul/news-portal-project
pkg:github/phpgurukul/news-portal-project
Affected versions
=4.1

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AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 04/16/2026, 12:25:03 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability in PHPGurukul News Portal Project 4.1 allows remote attackers to perform SQL injection via the sadminusername parameter in the /admin/add-subadmins.php file. The flaw arises from improper input validation or sanitization, enabling attackers to manipulate SQL queries. The vulnerability has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 5.1, indicating medium severity. No official fix or patch is currently available, and the vendor has not issued remediation instructions. The vulnerability is publicly disclosed but not known to be exploited in the wild.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with high privileges to execute unauthorized SQL commands on the backend database, potentially leading to data leakage, modification, or corruption. The impact is limited by the requirement for high privileges (PR:H) and low complexity of attack (AC:L). There is no indication of privilege escalation or remote code execution from the provided data.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict access to the affected functionality to trusted administrators only and consider implementing web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block SQL injection attempts targeting the sadminusername parameter.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
VulDB
Date Reserved
2026-04-08T17:32:13.988Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 69d729211cc7ad14da1b3388

Added to database: 04/09/2026, 04:20:49 UTC

Last enriched: 04/16/2026, 12:25:03 UTC

Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:59 UTC

Views: 133

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