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 5.1 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 7.5th 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 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
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.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-4705
Vulnerability details
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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Related Threats
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).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation of uploaded profile pictures to reject dangerous file types, blocking the unrestricted upload flaw.
Enforces access restrictions on the Profile Pic Handler so only authorized operations and file types are permitted.
Deploys malicious-code scanning on uploaded files to identify and block dangerous payloads before they are stored.