CVE-2026-5837
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 News Portal Project 4.1. This affects an unknown part of the file /news-details.php. The manipulation of the argument Comment results in sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. 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 · moderate confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul News Portal Project 4.1 allows remote attackers to manipulate SQL queries via the unsanitized 'Comment' parameter in /news-details.php. The vulnerability is publicly known and can be exploited without authentication.
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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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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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Confirm PHPGurukul News Portal installationLocate the news-details.php file in your web root (commonly in /news-details.php or /phpgurukul-news-portal/news-details.php). Also check for other typical News Portal files like index.php, admin/, and config.php in the same directory tree.Affected if The news-details.php file from PHPGurukul News Portal Project exists in your web directory.
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Identify the installed versionCheck for a version indicator in source files: look for a $version variable in config.php, a version.txt file, a changelog.txt, or comments in index.php or footer files mentioning '4.1' or 'News Portal'. Search the codebase for strings like 'Version 4.1' or 'News Portal 4.1'.Affected if The installed version matches 4.1 or falls within the affected version range of PHPGurukul News Portal Project.
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Verify the Comment feature is enabledAccess the news-details.php page in a browser (e.g., https://your-site/news-details.php?n=1) and check if a comment submission form is present. Alternatively, check the database for the comments table structure (look for a 'comments' or 'tblcomments' table).Affected if The comment submission form is rendered and functional on news details pages.
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Examine the news-details.php source codeOpen news-details.php in a text editor and locate the section handling the Comment parameter (search for 'Comment', 'comment', or '$_POST' / '$_REQUEST' handling). Verify whether database queries use prepared statements ($stmt->prepare) or directly concatenate the Comment input into SQL strings.Affected if The Comment parameter is processed with direct string concatenation into SQL queries (e.g., 'INSERT INTO ... VALUES (..., '.$comment.', ...)') rather than parameterized queries.
You are affected if PHPGurukul News Portal Project version 4.1 is installed, the news-details.php file exists, the Comment feature is accessible, and the source code shows unsanitized SQL query construction using the Comment input.
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 prepared statements/parameterized queries in news-details.php and implement proper input validation on all user-supplied parameters.
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