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CVE-2026-124432

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Description

phpMyFAQ 4.1.9 before 4.1.11 and 4.2.0 pre-releases before 4.2.0-beta.3 contain an account enumeration vulnerability in the unauthenticated POST /api/webauthn/prepare-login endpoint, which returns stable stored credential IDs for passkey-registered accounts but an md5(time())-derived fallback ID otherwise. Unauthenticated attackers can compare allowCredentials IDs from requests sent more than one second apart, without rate limiting, to identify existing passkey-registered accounts and their credential IDs.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.9 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-08 14:18:09.297000
Last modified
2026-11-08 14:18:09.430000
View original CVE JSON
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  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-08T14:18:09.297",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-08T14:18:09.430",
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    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
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      "url": "https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-2rvx-pqfw-q35r",
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