What is CVE-2026-5838?

CVE-2026-5838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpgurukul News Portal Project, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2026-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2026-5838?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Phpgurukul News Portal Project

CVE-2026-5838

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.

Published 2026-04-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Phpgurukul News Portal Project — versions 4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

vuldb.com/vuln/356294 (technical-description, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/vuln/356294/cti (signature, permissions-required)
vuldb.com/submit/789908 (third-party-advisory)
github.com/f1rstb100d/CVE/issues/27 (issue-tracking, exploit)
phpgurukul.com/ (product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-5838?: CVE-2026-5838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpgurukul News Portal Project, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2026-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2026-5838?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.