# CVE-2025-12616: PHPGurukul News Portal settings.py insertion of sensitive information into debugging code

> Remote attackers can exploit sensitive information leakage in debugging code to read confidential data from the PHPGurukul News Portal.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pcp2-9pj8-878j

## What is CVE-2025-12616?

CVE-2025-12616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in PHPGurukul News Portal, published on 3 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was detected in PHPGurukul News Portal 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /onps/settings.py. Performing a manipulation results in insertion of sensitive information into debugging code. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. The exploit is now public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-215 (Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Debugging Code), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12616?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul News Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-12616?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-12616 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-12616 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul News Portal

- [CVE-2025-69991](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69991/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-69992](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69992/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-69990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69990/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-4873](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4873/): PHPGurukul News Portal Login index.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4874](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4874/): PHPGurukul News Portal Project contactus.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12616 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-12616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in PHPGurukul News Portal, published on 3 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-12616 exists.

Affected product: PHPGurukul News Portal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12616/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12616/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12616
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12616
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12616

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12616/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.