Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
The phpMyFAQ packages thorsten/phpmyfaq and phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq, versions before 4.1.3, have a flaw in the password reset API endpoint /api/user/password/update, which the source says accepts a request with only a username and email address and issues a new plaintext password by email without a token, rate limiting, or confirmation. An unauthenticated network attacker who knows or guesses a valid username and matching email address could reset any account, including SuperAdmin accounts, and then log in as that user. The fix is to upgrade to version 4.1.3.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | High | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CNA (VulnCheck) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0042, the 36th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:01 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:01 UTC Confirmed by OSV