CVE-2025-59943CWE-284CWE-286broken-access-control

CVE-2025-59943

High · published October 4, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions 4.0-nightly-2025-10-03 and below do not enforce uniqueness of email addresses during user registration. This allows multiple distinct accounts to be created with the same email. Because email is often used as an identifier for password resets, notifications, and administrative actions, this flaw can cause account ambiguity and, in certain configurations, may lead to privilege escalation or account takeover. This issue is fixed in version 4.0.13.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00416 · 34.8th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-284 · Improper Access Control; CWE-286 · Incorrect User Management
Published
2025-10-04T01:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
phpmyfaq/phpmyfaqall versions—
References (3)
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/44cd20f86eb041f39d1c30a9beefad1cc61dc0ec · [email protected]https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-9wj2-4hcm-r74j · [email protected]https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-9wj2-4hcm-r74j · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 OCT 20:06Z
    phpMyFAQ duplicate email registration allows multiple accounts with the same email
    cvelistv5