CVE-2026-5840 (GCVE-0-2026-5840)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-09 04:00
Modified
2026-04-09 14:49
Severity ?
2.0 (Low) - 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
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
CWE
Summary
A security flaw has been discovered in PHPGurukul News Portal Project 4.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /admin/check_availability.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument Username results in sql injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks.
References
https://vuldb.com/vuln/356296 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/356296/cti signature, permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/submit/789913 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/f1rstb100d/CVE/issues/29 exploit, issue-tracking
https://phpgurukul.com/ product
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PHPGurukul News Portal Project Version: 4.1
    cpe:2.3:a:phpgurukul:news_portal_project:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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