CVE-2026-111884

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Missing Current-Password Step-Up on E-mail Change Enables Account Takeover

State: Published
Severity: 8.7 High
Published: Oct 17, 2026
Updated: Oct 18, 2026
Reserved: Oct 17, 2026

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Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta does not require the current password when changing an account e-mail in the user control panel (UserController::updateData, api/user/data/update), checking only the session and CSRF token. An attacker with a hijacked session can set the e-mail to their own mailbox and use the password-reset flow to take over non-2FA accounts, including superadmin.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.7 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	8.3 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-308 Use of Single-factor Authentication

Affected Products

Product	Versions
phpMyFAQthorsten	before 4.1.9Affected 4.1.9Not affected
phpMyFAQthorsten	4.2.0-alpha to before 4.2.0-betaAffected 4.2.0-betaNot affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-7554-gx6g-xx77)vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Missing Current-Password Step-Up on E-mail Change Enables Account Takeoverthird-party-advisory

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