CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-76213

9.1 CRITICAL Published 2026-08-19 Modified 2026-09-01 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-08-19
Last modified
2026-09-01
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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])
7.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-307

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 contains a brute-force vulnerability in the two-factor authentication step where the failure counter is session-scoped and reset on each successful password re-authentication. Attackers with a valid password can bypass the five-attempt limit by obtaining a fresh session cookie and repeatedly re-authenticating to reset the counter, enabling unbounded TOTP code guessing.

Affected configurations

• phpmyfaq phpmyfaq (< 4.1.7)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts weakness

References