CVE-2026-75918: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in thorsten phpMyFAQ
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 stores password reset tokens in a publicly accessible tracking file when user tracking is enabled. Unauthenticated attackers can read the tracking file at content/core/data/trackingDDMMYYYY to extract reset tokens and replay them against the password reset API to take over user accounts.
CVE-2026-75918: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in thorsten phpMyFAQ
Description
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 stores password reset tokens in a publicly accessible tracking file when user tracking is enabled. Unauthenticated attackers can read the tracking file at content/core/data/trackingDDMMYYYY to extract reset tokens and replay them against the password reset API to take over user accounts.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.7high
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-18T15:05:54.226Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a85bc6bacd9273b492f486a
Added to database: 08/19/2026, 14:23:39 UTC
Last updated: 08/19/2026, 14:23:39 UTC
Views: 1
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