Vulnerability · Published Oct 17, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-111895phpMyFAQ 3.2.0 before 4.0.0 and 4.0.2 before 4.2.0-beta Account Takeover via Entra ID preferred_username

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-severity improper authentication in phpMyFAQ from thorsten. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

phpMyFAQ 3.2.0 before 4.0.0 and 4.0.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains an authentication bypass in its Microsoft Entra ID login flow, which links users by the mutable preferred_username claim and whose AuthEntraId::create() ignores the duplicate-login exception while continuing with the existing local account. Attackers controlling an Entra identity in the configured tenant with a matching preferred_username can take over that local account, including super-admin accounts.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
thorsten	phpMyFAQ	3.2.0 – before 4.0.0
thorsten	phpMyFAQ	4.0.2 – before 4.2.0-beta

Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-6hhv-gc4g-f4r7) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ 3.2.0 before 4.0.0 and 4.0.2 before 4.2.0-beta Account Takeover via Entra ID preferred_username third-party-advisory