Critical severity · published Oct 3, 2025
CVE-2025-59943
phpMyFAQ duplicate email registration allows multiple accounts with the same email
9.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions 4.0-nightly-2025-10-03 and below do not enforce uniqueness of email addresses during user registration. This allows multiple distinct accounts to be created with the same email. Because email is often used as an identifier for password resets, notifications, and administrative actions, this flaw can cause account ambiguity and, in certain configurations, may lead to privilege escalation or account takeover. This issue is fixed in version 4.0.13.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
phpMyFAQ · thorsten
>= 4.0.7, < 4.0.13 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59943
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59943
Patch
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/44cd20f86eb041f39d1c30a9beefad1cc61dc0ec
Exploit
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-9wj2-4hcm-r74j
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