phpMyFAQ sharing FAQ functionality can easily be abused for phishing purposes

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    "title": "phpMyFAQ sharing FAQ functionality can easily be abused for phishing purposes",
    "summary": "phpMyFAQ is an Open Source FAQ web application for PHP 8.1+ and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases. The 'sharing FAQ' functionality allows any unauthenticated actor to misuse the phpMyFAQ application to send arbitrary emails to a large range of targets. The phpMyFAQ application has a functionality where anyone can share a FAQ item to others. The front-end of this functionality allows any phpMyFAQ articles to be shared with 5 email addresses. Any unauthenticated actor can perform this action. There is a CAPTCHA in place, however the amount of people you email with a single request is not limited to 5 by the backend. An attacker can thus solve a single CAPTCHA and send thousands of emails at once. An attacker can utilize the target application's email server to send phishing messages. This can get the server on a blacklist, causing all emails to end up in spam. It can also lead to reputation damages. This issue has been patched in version 3.2.5.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:25.864527871Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/22xxx/CVE-2024-22208.json",
        "https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-9hhf-xmcw-r3xg",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22208",
        "https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/commit/a34d94ab7b1be9256a9ef898f18ea6bfb63f6f1e"
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  "published_at": "2024-02-05T20:44:23.236+00:00"
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