CVE-2026-124432 phpMyFAQ before 4.1.11 and 4.2.0-beta.3 Account Enumeration via WebAuthn prepare-login

Medium 6.9 Published Updated
Exploited in the wild
Not known
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2026-124432?

CVE-2026-124432 is a medium-severity vulnerability in thorsten phpMyFAQ, published on 8 Nov 2026.

Official description

phpMyFAQ 4.1.9 before 4.1.11 and 4.2.0 pre-releases before 4.2.0-beta.3 contain an account enumeration vulnerability in the unauthenticated POST /api/webauthn/prepare-login endpoint, which returns stable stored credential IDs for passkey-registered accounts but an md5(time())-derived fallback ID otherwise. Unauthenticated attackers can compare allowCredentials IDs from requests sent more than one second apart, without rate limiting, to identify existing passkey-registered accounts and their credential IDs.

Weakness: CWE-204

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-124432?

How do I fix CVE-2026-124432?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-124432 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-124432 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-124432 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2rvx-pqfw-q35r, GHSA-f46v-r9r2-mgmc.

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