CVE-2026-5840: phpgurukul news_portal_project Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-5840 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) Injection vulnerability in phpgurukul news_portal_project. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 09-04-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 09-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

• CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.
• CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.