thorsten/phpmyfaq vulnerable to authentication bypass

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2023-1886 · GHSA-4cr4-x82x-hwm9 · Published 05/04/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-1886 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting thorsten/phpmyfaq, phpmyfaq (phpmyfaq).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.88%, higher than 59.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.1.12 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
thorsten/phpmyfaq Packagist	`< 3.1.12`	`3.1.12`
phpmyfaq phpmyfaq	`< 3.1.12`	`3.1.12`

Description

thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.12 is vulnerable to authentication bypass by capture-relay that allows unlimited comments to be sent. This has been fixed in 3.1.12.

NVD description

Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.12.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1886 · ADVISORY
thorsten/phpmyfaq commit 27eaaae · WEB
thorsten/phpMyFAQ · PACKAGE
huntr.dev/bounties/b7d244b7-5ac3-4964-81ee-8dbb5bb5e33a · WEB

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

thorsten/phpmyfaq

Packagist

< 3.1.12

3.1.12

phpmyfaq

< 3.1.12

3.1.12

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