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Medium 5.3Published Jan 23, 2026

CVE-2026-24422phpMyFAQ: Public API endpoints expose emails and invisible questions

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. In versions 4.0.16 and below, multiple public API endpoints improperly expose sensitive user information due to insufficient access controls. The OpenQuestionController::list() endpoint calls Question::getAll() with showAll=true by default, returning records marked as non-public (isVisible=false) along with user email addresses, with similar exposures present in comment, news, and FAQ APIs. This information disclosure vulnerability could enable attackers to harvest email addresses for phishing campaigns or access content that was explicitly marked as private. This issue has been fixed in version 4.0.17.

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
GitHub_M
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Jan 26, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
thorsten phpMyFAQ
thorsten:phpmyfaq (from the name)
before 4.0.17
CNA record
phpmyfaq phpmyfaq
phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq
before 4.0.17
NVD

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