Vulnerability · Published Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-12616PHPGurukul News Portal settings.py insertion of sensitive information into debugging code

Low 3.7

In plain English

A low-severity information exposure 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 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.7Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was detected in PHPGurukul News Portal 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /onps/settings.py. Performing a manipulation results in insertion of sensitive information into debugging code. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit is now public and may be used.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
PHPGurukul	News Portal	1.0

Weakness: CWE-215, CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-330910 | PHPGurukul News Portal settings.py insertion of sensitive information into debugging code vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-330910 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #678649 | PHPGurukul News Portal using Python Django and MySQL 1.0 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Debugging Code third-party-advisory
https://github.com/NishantKumar-CSE/News-Portal-Python-Django-Project/blob/main/Information%20Disclosure%20via%20Debug%20Mode.md exploit
https://phpgurukul.com/ product