What is GHSA-hccc-74hg-j43v?

GHSA-hccc-74hg-j43v is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 stores password reset tokens in a publicly accessible tracking file when...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-hccc-74hg-j43v cover?

GHSA-hccc-74hg-j43v covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-75918. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-hccc-74hg-j43v?

GHSA-hccc-74hg-j43v has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-hccc-74hg-j43vHighCVSS 8.8

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 stores password reset tokens in a publicly accessible tracking file when...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-75918 →

📋 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.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-j5w2-cwwj-xj7x
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75918
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-authentication-bypass-via-tracking-file
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hccc-74hg-j43v