CVE-2026-85588: Thorsten Phpmyfaq

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

phpMyFAQ versions before 4.1.8 include live TOTP shared secrets in plaintext within user data export ZIP files. Attackers obtaining exported archives can extract the TOTP seed and generate valid one-time codes to bypass two-factor authentication.

Affected products

• Thorsten Phpmyfaq: before 4.1.8 (fixed in 4.1.8)

Published 2026-09-04. Last modified 2026-09-14.