CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-75920
6.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-08-19
- Last modified
- 2026-09-01
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 6.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/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:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-377
Description
phpMyFAQ before v4.1.6 writes content backup ZIP archives to the web-accessible document root at content.zip, exposing sensitive files including database credentials. Unauthenticated attackers can race concurrent requests to download the temporary ZIP file before deletion, or exploit XSS in admin contexts to trigger authenticated backups and retrieve the archive.
Affected configurations
• phpmyfaq phpmyfaq (< 4.1.6)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-8hmh-mrx6-pqvf Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-information-disclosure-via-backup-zip Third Party Advisory