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SCA: security update for thorsten/phpmyfaq (GHSA-9wj2-4hcm-r74j)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435511

Description

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

 - phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions 4.0-nightly-2025-10-03 and below do not enforce
 uniqueness of email addresses during user registration. This allows multiple distinct accounts to be
 created with the same email. Because email is often used as an identifier for password resets,
 notifications, and administrative actions, this flaw can cause account ambiguity and, in certain
 configurations, may lead to privilege escalation or account takeover. This issue is fixed in version
 4.0.13. (CVE-2025-59943)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9wj2-4hcm-r74j

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 435511

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/3/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.43

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59943

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59943