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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2026-35676

Deferred

Source-disclosure@vulncheck.com

Published At-28 May, 2026 | 16:16

Updated At-28 May, 2026 | 18:56

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.3 contains an unauthenticated password reset vulnerability in the user password update API endpoint that allows attackers to change account passwords without token validation. Attackers can enumerate valid username and email pairs and force immediate password changes by sending PUT requests to the /api/index.php/user/password/update endpoint, causing account disruption and invalidating legitimate user credentials.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Secondary	4.0	8.8	HIGH	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Secondary	3.1	8.2	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Type: Secondary

Version: 4.0

Base score: 8.8

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Type: Secondary

Version: 3.1

Base score: 8.2

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

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

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-640	Secondary	disclosure@vulncheck.com

CWE ID: CWE-640

Type: Secondary

Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-9qv9-8xv6-5p35	disclosure@vulncheck.com	N/A
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-unauthenticated-password-reset-via-user-password-update-endpoint	disclosure@vulncheck.com	N/A
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-9qv9-8xv6-5p35	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	N/A