Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-5249PHPGurukul News Portal Project add-category.php sql injection
High 7.3
In plain English
A high-severity SQL injection in News Portal Project 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 47% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A vulnerability has been found in PHPGurukul News Portal Project 4.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/add-category.php. The manipulation of the argument Category leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| PHPGurukul | News Portal Project | 4.1 |
Weakness: CWE-89, CWE-74 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- VDB-310351 | PHPGurukul News Portal Project add-category.php sql injection vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-310351 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #584903 | PHPGurukul News Portal Project 4.1 SQL Injection third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/Schatten-42/MyCVE/issues/9 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://phpgurukul.com/ product