Advisories

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Account Enumeration via Guest Comment Endpoint

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Severity
medium
Date
Affecting
  • phpMyFAQ >= 0, < 4.1.9

  • phpMyFAQ >= 4.2.0-alpha, < 4.2.0-beta

CWE
  • CWE-204 Observable Response Discrepancy
CVSS
6.9
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
manus-use
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.

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