CVE-2026-5838 (GCVE-0-2026-5838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-09 03:30 – Updated: 2026-04-09 12:42 X_Freeware
VLAI
Title
PHPGurukul News Portal Project add-subadmins.php sql injection
Summary
A vulnerability was determined in PHPGurukul News Portal Project 4.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/add-subadmins.php. This manipulation of the argument sadminusername causes sql injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
4.7 (Medium)
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
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://vuldb.com/vuln/356294 vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/356294/cti signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/submit/789908 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/f1rstb100d/CVE/issues/27 exploitissue-tracking
https://phpgurukul.com/ product
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PHPGurukul News Portal Project Affected: 4.1
    cpe:2.3:a:phpgurukul:news_portal_project:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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