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CVE-2026-85588

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.8 TOTP Secret Exposure via Data Export

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 4.1.8
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

phpMyFAQ versions before 4.1.8 include live TOTP shared secrets in plaintext within user data export ZIP files. Attackers obtaining exported archives can extract the TOTP seed and generate valid one-time codes to bypass two-factor authentication.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • thorsten phpMyFAQ

    fixed in 4.1.8

References 2

GitHub · thorsten/phpMyFAQ

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