CVE•Published 2026-09-04•Modified 2026-09-10•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-85586
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
29
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 71% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
phpMyFAQ versions before 4.1.8 fail to validate CAPTCHA when the store parameter is set to 'now' in question submission requests. Unauthenticated attackers can bypass CAPTCHA protection and submit unlimited questions directly, causing database pollution and triggering outgoing mail notifications.
Timeline
Published 2026-09-04
Modified 2026-09-10
External references
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).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-85586Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-85586Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-85586Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-85586GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-85586" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-85586 on GitHub.
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