CVE-2026-75919CWE-306

CVE-2026-75919

Medium · published August 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1

5.3

EPSS

Percentile

45.2

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in SetupController that allows unauthenticated attackers to run database migrations and create configuration backups when maintenance mode is enabled. Attackers can call POST /api/setup/update-database and POST /api/setup/backup endpoints to execute database updates, disable maintenance mode, and extract database credentials from generated ZIP archives.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS v3.1: 5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0: 6.9 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS: 0.00549 · 45.2th percentile
Weakness: CWE-306 · Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Published: 2026-08-19T18:17Z

Affected products (1)

Product	Versions	Fixed in
phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq	< 4.1.7	4.1.7

References (3)

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-f96w-7fx2-79c8 · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-authentication-bypass-via-setup-api · [email protected]https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-f96w-7fx2-79c8 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

EPSS history

Timeline

19 AUG 14:01Z
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 Authentication Bypass via Setup API
cvelistv5