CVE-2026-5641
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal Project 2.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /admin/update-image1.php of the component Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument filename results in sql injection. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made public and could be used.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal 2.1 at /admin/update-image1.php. The 'filename' parameter passed to this component is not properly sanitized before being used in SQL queries, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL commands.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal installationSearch the web server document root for the application files. Common paths include /var/www/html/, /www/, or C:\inetpub\wwwroot\. Look for directories containing the application.Affected if The application is not installed on the server.
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Identify the installed versionCheck for a version file, README, or any source file containing the version number. Search for '2.1' or 'version' strings in PHP files within the application directory.Affected if The installed version is 2.1 or an earlier version that contains the same vulnerable code.
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Verify the vulnerable file existsCheck if the file /admin/update-image1.php exists in the web server directory. This is the affected component containing the SQL injection vulnerability.Affected if The file /admin/update-image1.php does not exist.
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Confirm admin access is possibleVerify the admin interface at /admin/ is accessible. The SQL injection requires authentication to the admin panel to reach the vulnerable endpoint.Affected if The admin panel is not accessible or does not exist.
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Inspect the filename parameter handlingExamine the source code of update-image1.php. Look for SQL queries that use the 'filename' parameter without proper sanitization or parameterized queries.Affected if The code uses the filename parameter directly in SQL queries without prepared statements or input validation.
The environment is affected if PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal version 2.1 is installed, the file /admin/update-image1.php exists, and the filename parameter is used in SQL queries without sanitization.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries/prepared statements for the filename parameter in update-image1.php, and implement input validation for all user-supplied parameters.
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