CVE-2026-75919

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-19. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in SetupController that allows unauthenticated attackers to run database migrations and create configuration backups when maintenance mode is enabled. Attackers can call POST /api/setup/update-database and POST /api/setup/backup endpoints to execute database updates, disable maintenance mode, and extract database credentials from generated ZIP archives.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EG Risk
55(Attend)
EG Risk 55/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
39%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

September 1, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 Authentication Bypass via Setup API | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-authentication-bypass-via-setup-api
github Patch Available

Unauthenticated Backup + DB Migration and Maintenance Mode Bypass · Advisory · thorsten/phpMyFAQ · GitHub

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-f96w-7fx2-79c8

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-75919(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 75× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-20 05:00 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-20 05:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-19 02:34 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-19 02:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-09-18 00:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-16 20:08 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-16 20:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  13. 2026-09-15 17:02 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-15 17:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-14 14:38 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-14 14:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  19. 2026-09-13 12:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
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  22. 2026-09-12 09:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-11 07:28 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-11 07:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-10 05:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-09 02:40 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-09 02:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-07 08:16 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-07 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-06 05:00 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-06 05:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-05 02:37 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-05 02:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-04 00:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-02 21:21 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-02 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-01 16:19 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-01 16:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
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  23. 2026-08-31 20:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-31 19:50 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-31 19:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-08-30 16:53 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-30 16:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-29 14:30 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-08-29 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-08-28 11:37 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-28 11:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-27 09:13 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-27 09:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-08-26 06:48 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-26 06:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-08-25 04:24 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-08-25 04:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-24 02:01 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-24 02:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-08-22 23:35 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-22 23:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-08-21 21:12 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-21 21:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-08-20 18:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-19 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-08-19 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-08-19 15:38 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-08-19 15:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-19 14:26 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-08-19 14:13 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-08-19 14:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-75919?
CVE-2026-75919 is a medium vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in SetupController that allows unauthenticated attackers to run database migrations and create configuration backups when maintenance mode is enabled. Attackers can call POST /api/setup/update-database and POST /api/setup/backup…
When was CVE-2026-75919 disclosed?
CVE-2026-75919 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 19, 2026, with the most recent update on September 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-75919 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-75919 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 60.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-75919?
CVE-2026-75919 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-75919?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-75919, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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