Vulnerability · Published Apr 9, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-5839PHPGurukul News Portal Project add-subcategory.php sql injection
Medium 4.7
In plain English
A medium-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 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A vulnerability was identified in PHPGurukul News Portal Project 4.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/add-subcategory.php. Such manipulation of the argument sucatdescription leads to sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might 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:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-356295 | PHPGurukul News Portal Project add-subcategory.php sql injection vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-356295 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #789912 | PHPGurukul News Portal Project 4.1 SQL Injection third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/f1rstb100d/CVE/issues/28 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://phpgurukul.com/ product