thorsten/phpmyfaq · Security
phpMyFAQ: Public API endpoints expose emails and invisible questions
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-j4rc-96xj-gvqc
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-24422
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 5.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Description
Summary
Several public API endpoints return email addresses and non‑public records (e.g. open questions with isVisible=false).
Details
OpenQuestionController::list() calls Question::getAll() with the default showAll=true, returning invisible questions and their emails. Similar exposures exist in comment/news/faq APIs.
PoC
curl -i -H 'Accept-Language: en' \
http://192.168.40.16/phpmyfaq/api/v3.0/open-questions
Impact
Privacy exposure of email addresses and non‑public content; increased risk of phishing/scraping.
CWEs
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor