Is CVE-2026-5837 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-5837 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-5837?

High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 9 April 2026.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-5837?

No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

How is CVE-2026-5837 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-5837?

Check whether you run Phpgurukul News Portal Project at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2026-5837: PHPGurukul News Portal Project SQL injection in news-details.php

CVE-2026-5837 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.3 · Published 2026-04-09

PHPGurukul News Portal Project, a web application used for managing online news content, contains a security vulnerability in its comment submission feature. An attacker can exploit this to gain unauthorized access to the underlying database, potentially leading to the theft of sensitive information or the disruption of the news site. This attack can be performed remotely without requiring any user login or special permissions.

Vendors: Phpgurukul.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-5837 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-5837 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-5837?: High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 9 April 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Phpgurukul News Portal Project 4.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-5837?: No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-5837 attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-5837?: Check whether you run Phpgurukul News Portal Project at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in PHPGurukul News Portal Project 4.1 within the '/news-details.php' file. The root cause is the failure to sanitize or validate the 'comment' POST parameter before using it in a database query. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted HTTP POST request containing SQL payloads (such as time-based blind injection). Successful exploitation allows for unauthorized database access, data exfiltration, and potential full system compromise. A public exploit (PoC) using sqlmap has been disclosed. No official patch is currently documented, but remediation should involve implementing prepared statements and parameterized queries.

Affected products

PHPGurukul News Portal Project 4.1

Timeline

2026-03-26: disclosed: Vulnerability details and PoC shared on GitHub
2026-04-09: advisory: CVE-2026-5837 published

References

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