Vulnerability · Published Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-12615PHPGurukul News Portal settings.py hard-coded key

Medium 5.0

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in News Portal from PHPGurukul. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.0Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 63.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A security vulnerability has been detected in PHPGurukul News Portal 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /onps/settings.py. Such manipulation of the argument SECRET_KEY leads to use of hard-coded cryptographic key . The attack may be performed from remote. The attack requires a high level of complexity. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
PHPGurukul	News Portal	1.0

Weakness: CWE-321, CWE-320 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-330909 | PHPGurukul News Portal settings.py hard-coded key vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-330909 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #678625 | PHPGurukul News Portal using Python Django and MySQL 1.0 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key third-party-advisory
https://github.com/NishantKumar-CSE/News-Portal-Python-Django-Project/blob/main/Hard-coded%20Cryptographic%20Key.md exploit
https://phpgurukul.com/ product