critical
CVE-2026-111911
phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9: the WebAuthn registration endpoints attach a new credential to any named account without authentication or challenge validation, so an unauthenticated attacker enrols their own authenticator against the admin account - account takeover
- Severity
- critical
- Affected product
- phpMyFAQ
- Affected versions
- phpMyFAQ ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.1.9
- Fixed in
- phpMyFAQ 4.1.9
- Detection basis
- Component version range
- Shipped rule
- phpMyFAQ: phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9: the WebAuthn registration endpoints attach a new credential to any named account without authentication or challenge validation, so an unauthenticated attacker enrols their own authenticator against the admin account - account takeover
- Added to NewScan
- 2026-10-18
- Detected by
- NewScan — free, self-hosted
How NewScan reports it
COMPONENT VERSION RANGE
NewScan fingerprints phpMyFAQ from its response and reports this CVE when the detected version falls inside the affected range below.
References
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