GHSA-ch9q-c9mp-j5gq

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ch9q-c9mp-j5gq

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-ch9q-c9mp-j5gq/GHSA-ch9q-c9mp-j5gq.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-ch9q-c9mp-j5gq

Withdrawn

2026-06-08T23:57:36Z

Published

2026-05-15T21:31:32Z

Modified

2026-09-10T03:51:05Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
9.3 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator

Summary

Duplicate Advisory: phpMyFAQ has unauthenticated SQL injection via User-Agent header in BuiltinCaptcha

Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-289f-fq7w-6q2w. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in BuiltinCaptcha::garbageCollector() and BuiltinCaptcha::saveCaptcha() methods that interpolate unsanitized User-Agent headers into DELETE and INSERT queries. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the public GET /api/captcha endpoint by crafting malicious User-Agent headers to perform time-based blind SQL injection, extracting sensitive data including user credentials, admin tokens, and SMTP credentials from the database.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-89"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-06-08T23:57:36Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-05-15T19:17:03Z",
    "severity":  "CRITICAL"
}

References

Affected packages

Packagist / thorsten/phpmyfaq

Package

Name: thorsten/phpmyfaq
Purl: pkg:composer/thorsten/phpmyfaq

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.1.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.8.0-alpha2

2.8.0-alpha3

2.8.0-beta

2.8.0-beta2

2.8.0-beta3

2.8.0-RC

2.8.0-RC2

2.8.0-RC3

2.8.0-RC4

2.8.0

2.8.1

2.8.2

2.8.3

2.8.4

2.8.5

2.8.6

2.8.7

2.8.8

2.8.9

2.8.10

2.8.11

2.8.12

2.8.13

2.8.14

2.8.15

2.8.16

2.8.17

2.8.18

2.8.19

2.8.20

2.8.21

2.8.22

2.8.23

2.8.24

2.8.25

2.8.26

2.8.27

2.8.28

2.8.29

2.9.0-alpha

2.9.0-alpha2

2.9.0-alpha3

2.9.0-alpha4

2.9.0-beta

2.9.0-beta2

2.9.0-rc

2.9.0-rc2

2.9.0-rc3

2.9.0-rc4

2.9.0

2.9.1

2.9.2

2.9.3

2.9.4

2.9.5

2.9.6

2.9.7

2.9.8

2.9.9

2.9.10

2.9.11

2.9.12

2.9.13

2.10.0-alpha

3.*

3.0.0-alpha

3.0.0-alpha.2

3.0.0-alpha.3

3.0.0-alpha.4

3.0.0-beta

3.0.0-beta.2

3.0.0-beta.3

3.0.0-RC

3.0.0-RC.2

3.0.0

3.0.1

3.0.2

3.0.3

3.0.4

3.0.5

3.0.6

3.0.7

3.0.8

3.0.9

3.0.10

3.0.11

3.0.12

3.1.0-alpha

3.1.0-alpha.2

3.1.0-alpha.3

3.1.0-beta

3.1.0-RC

3.1.0

3.1.1

3.1.2

3.1.3

3.1.4

3.1.5

3.1.6

3.1.7

3.1.8

3.1.9

3.1.10

3.1.11

3.1.12

3.1.13

3.1.14

3.1.15

3.1.16

3.1.17

3.1.18

3.2.0-alpha

3.2.0-beta

3.2.0-beta.2

3.2.0-RC

3.2.0-RC.2

3.2.0-RC.4

3.2.0

3.2.1

3.2.2

3.2.3

3.2.4

3.2.5

3.2.6

3.2.7

3.2.8

3.2.9

3.2.10

4.*

4.0.0-alpha

4.0.0-alpha.2

4.0.0-alpha.3

4.0.0-alpha.4

4.0.0-beta

4.0.0-beta.2

4.0.0-RC

4.0.0-RC.2

4.0.0-RC.3

4.0.0-RC.4

4.0.0-RC.5

4.0.0

4.0.1

4.0.2

4.0.3

4.0.4

4.0.5

4.0.6

4.0.7

4.0.8

4.0.9

4.0.10

4.0.11

4.0.12

4.0.13

4.0.14

4.0.15

4.0.16

4.0.18

4.0.19

4.1.0-alpha

4.1.0-alpha.2

4.1.0-alpha.3

4.1.0-beta

4.1.0-beta.2

4.1.0-RC

4.1.0-RC.2

4.1.0-RC.4

4.1.0-RC.5

4.1.0-RC.6

4.1.0-RC.7

4.1.0

4.1.1

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-ch9q-c9mp-j5gq/GHSA-ch9q-c9mp-j5gq.json"

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