| Title | PHPGurukul News Portal Project in PHP and MySql 1.0 Improper Access Controls |
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| Description | The News Portal Project in PHP and MySql in PHPGurukul admin panel suffers from a broken access control vulnerability that allows a sub-admin user to perform admin-only actions. The endpoint `/news/admin/add-subadmins.php` used to create new sub-admin accounts is intended to be accessible only by users with administrator privileges. However, access control is enforced only at the UI level and not on the server side.
A sub-admin can directly access the admin-only endpoint and is able to create additional sub-admin accounts, resulting in horizontal and vertical privilege escalation. |
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| Source | ⚠️ https://github.com/Asim-QAZi/BrokenAccessControl-News-Portal-Project-in-PHP-and-MySQL-in-PHPGurukul |
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| User | moasim (UID 93970) |
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| Submission | 01/09/2026 06:19 PM (1 month ago) |
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| Moderation | 01/18/2026 08:36 AM (9 days later) |
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| Status | Accepted |
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| VulDB entry | 341733 [PHPGurukul News Portal 1.0 Add Sub-Admin Page /admin/add-subadmins.php improper authorization] |
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| Points | 20 |
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