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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | phpMyFAQ - SQL Injection via User-Agent Header in BuiltinCaptcha | |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-89 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:21:59.231Z
Reserved: 2026-05-13T19:40:27.809Z
Link: CVE-2026-46364
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:11:18.993Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-15T19:17:03.750
Modified: 2026-05-15T19:17:03.750
Link: CVE-2026-46364
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-05-15T20:45:08Z