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SCA: security update for phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq, thorsten/phpmyfaq (GHSA-9qv9-8xv6-5p35)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 442244

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2026-35676)

Solution

Update the phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq library and its related packages to version 4.1.3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9qv9-8xv6-5p35

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 442244

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/20/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 52.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35676

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Threat Score: 8.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35676

cwe: CWE-640