CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-111887
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-10-17
- Last modified
- 2026-10-18
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-204
Description
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an account enumeration vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to confirm registered display names and emails via a distinct HTTP 409 response. Attackers can submit guest comments to the comment create endpoint with candidate user and mail values to link names to emails for targeted phishing.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-204 Observable Response Discrepancy weakness
References
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pgxw-7c68-83w7 github.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-4.1.9-and-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-account-enumeration-via-guest-comment-endpoint www.vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pgxw-7c68-83w7 github.com