CVE-2026-75920

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-19. A secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

phpMyFAQ before v4.1.6 writes content backup ZIP archives to the web-accessible document root at content.zip, exposing sensitive files including database credentials. Unauthenticated attackers can race concurrent requests to download the temporary ZIP file before deletion, or exploit XSS in admin contexts to trigger authenticated backups and retrieve the archive.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
24
EG Risk 24/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
27th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

September 1, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.6 Information Disclosure via Backup ZIP | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-information-disclosure-via-backup-zip
github Patch Available

Sensitive Content Backup ZIP Written to Web-Accessible Document Root · Advisory · thorsten/phpMyFAQ · GitHub

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-8hmh-mrx6-pqvf

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-75920(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 74× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 127 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 21:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 16:58 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-03 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  10. 2026-10-01 08:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  18. 2026-09-28 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  21. 2026-09-27 07:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-09-25 00:55 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-25 00:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-25 00:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  4. 2026-09-24 00:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  27. 2026-09-16 01:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  40. 2026-09-10 02:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  49. 2026-09-05 15:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  51. 2026-09-04 15:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  53. 2026-09-03 16:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  56. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  58. 2026-09-01 16:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  62. 2026-08-31 20:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  65. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  72. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  73. 2026-08-27 16:09 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-08-27 16:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-75920?
CVE-2026-75920 is a medium vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. phpMyFAQ before v4.1.6 writes content backup ZIP archives to the web-accessible document root at content.zip, exposing sensitive files including database credentials. Unauthenticated attackers can race concurrent requests to download the temporary ZIP file before deletion, or exploit XSS in admin…
When was CVE-2026-75920 disclosed?
CVE-2026-75920 was first published on August 19, 2026, with the most recent update on September 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-75920 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-75920 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (27th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-75920?
CVE-2026-75920 has a CVSS base score of 5.3 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-75920?
A fix for CVE-2026-75920 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-75920 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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