CVE-2026-46364 (GCVE-0-2026-46364)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-15 18:36 – Updated: 2026-05-15 22:21
VLAI?
Title
phpMyFAQ - SQL Injection via User-Agent Header in BuiltinCaptcha
Summary
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.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
thorsten phpmyfaq Affected: 0 , < 4.1.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.1.2 (semver)
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Date Public ?
2026-04-28 00:00
Credits
adrgs aisafe-bot
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