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.
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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Account Enumeration via Guest Comment Endpoint | |
| First Time appeared |
Phpmyfaq
Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-204 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Phpmyfaq
Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-10-17T18:46:12.494Z
Updated: 2026-10-18T13:26:01.243Z
Reserved: 2026-10-17T12:15:56.790Z
Link: CVE-2026-111887
Updated: 2026-10-18T13:25:57.965Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-17T19:16:29.930
Modified: 2026-10-18T14:16:54.393
Link: CVE-2026-111887
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