CVE-2026-76206: phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 Information Disclosure via PDF Export

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-08-19 · updated 2026-09-01
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

phpMyFAQ versions before 4.1.7 fail to validate active status in the PDF export endpoint, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve draft FAQ metadata. Attackers can access the public PDF export route with sequential FAQ identifiers to obtain titles, solution IDs, author names, and last-update timestamps of inactive or unpublished FAQs.

Affected products

thorsten phpMyFAQ: before 4.1.7 — fixed in 4.1.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: thorsten phpMyFAQ 4.1.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-f8pr-32pp-mp7h
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-information-disclosure-via-pdf-export

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