CVE-2026-111905

medium

phpMyFAQ 3.2.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability in GET /admin/api/user/data/{userId},…

phpMyFAQ 3.2.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability in GET /admin/api/user/data/{userId}, which returns any user's full faquserdata row, including the live TOTP secret, without a SuperAdmin or protected-target check. Delegated administrators with user-management rights can read a SuperAdmin's TOTP secret and generate valid codes to bypass two-factor authentication.

CVSS

6.0

6.0 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-10-17 19:16

Modified: 2026-10-21 22:16

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 1 day ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:03 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hp8j-w94m-j5c7 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-3.2.0-before-4.1.9-and-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.... disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hp8j-w94m-j5c7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:03 UTC · record ↗

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