CVE-2026-1424
Published: 26 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-1424 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Phpgurukul News Portal. Its CVSS base score is 4.7 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 6.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
This control enforces ownership-based restrictions on portable storage device use, directly implementing access control over media insertion into organizational systems.
Hardware write-protect enforces access control on critical resources (e.g., firmware) independent of software state.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.
Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.
Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.
By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.
Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Unrestricted file upload in public-facing web app directly enables remote exploitation (T1190), ingress of malicious payloads (T1105), and web shell deployment (T1505.003).
NVD Description
A vulnerability was identified in PHPGurukul News Portal 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Profile Pic Handler. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit is publicly available and…
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Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-1424 is an unrestricted file upload vulnerability in PHPGurukul News Portal 1.0, affecting an unknown part of the Profile Pic Handler component. Published on 2026-01-26, it stems from improper access control (CWE-284) and unrestricted upload of files with dangerous types (CWE-434), with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.7 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by attackers who possess high privileges (PR:H), requiring low attack complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as uploading malicious files through the Profile Pic Handler. A public exploit is available and might be used in attacks.
Advisories and further details are documented in references including VulDB entries (vuldb.com/?ctiid.342840, vuldb.com/?id.342840, vuldb.com/?submit.736637), the vendor site (phpgurukul.com), and a GitHub repository (github.com/rsecroot/News-Portal/blob/main/Cross%20Site%20Scripting.md). Security practitioners should consult these for mitigation guidance, such as applying patches if available or restricting access to the affected component.
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