CVE•Published 2025-10-03•Modified 2026-10-08•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2025-59943Phpmyfaq · Phpmyfaq

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 66% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284Improper Access Control CWE-286Incorrect User Management

Description

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.

Timeline

Published 2025-10-03

Modified 2026-10-08

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2025-59943

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq" version:"4.0.7"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Phpmyfaq"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Phpmyfaq" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2025-59943