CVE-2025-69991
Published: 13 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-69991 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Phpgurukul News Portal. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 15.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly prevents SQL injection in check_availablity.php by requiring validation of user inputs before they are used in database queries.
Mandates identification, reporting, and correction of the specific SQL injection flaw in phpgurukul News Portal Project V4.1.
Boundary protection with web application firewalls monitors and blocks SQL injection payloads at network interfaces to the vulnerable endpoint.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing web app (check_availablity.php) directly enables unauthenticated remote exploitation with full DB impact, matching T1190.
NVD Description
phpgurukul News Portal Project V4.1 is vulnerable to SQL Injection in check_availablity.php.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-69991 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in the phpgurukul News Portal Project version 4.1, specifically within the check_availablity.php component. Published on 2026-01-13, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), marking it as critical due to its potential for severe impact.
The vulnerability enables exploitation by unauthenticated attackers over the network with low attack complexity and no requirement for user interaction. Successful attacks can result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, allowing attackers to extract sensitive data, modify database contents, or disrupt service availability.
Mitigation guidance is available in the referenced advisory at https://github.com/Y4y17/CVE/blob/main/News%20Portal%20Project/SQL%20Injection.md.
Details
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