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CVE-2026-64829

Question2Answer through 1.8.8 contains a session invalidation vulnerability that allows attackers with a previously obtained remember-me cookie to retain authenticated access by exploiting the forgot-password reset flow's failure to clear the sessioncode field in qa-include/app/users-edit.php. While the normal password-change flow in qa-include/pages/account.php explicitly clears the sessioncode to invalidate persistent qa_session cookies, the forgot-password handler qa_finish_reset_user() omits
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:1ba8ee09fc6a15bcb067a8235c8abfa3c9a31bc12374c308f5df388bac8c6cde
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.1,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpa…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:73aeff3de47def4cc44ad227a6a463dc0f685f0a1c4c1196a608297358906aee · sha256:1417bee5b50d2d26… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":7.4,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:73aeff3de47def4cc44ad227a6a463dc0f685f0a1c4c1196a608297358906aee · sha256:1417bee5b50d2d26… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"affected","packageURL":"pkg:github/q2a/question2answer","product":"question2answer","repo":"https://github.com/q2a/question2answer","vendor":"q2a","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.8.8","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:73aeff3de47def4cc44ad227a6a463dc0f685f0a1c4c1196a608297358906aee · sha256:1417bee5b50d2d26… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.1,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpa…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:73aeff3de47def4cc44ad227a6a463dc0f685f0a1c4c1196a608297358906aee · sha256:1417bee5b50d2d26… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":7.4,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:73aeff3de47def4cc44ad227a6a463dc0f685f0a1c4c1196a608297358906aee · sha256:1417bee5b50d2d26… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-613","description":"Insufficient Session Expiration","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:73aeff3de47def4cc44ad227a6a463dc0f685f0a1c4c1196a608297358906aee · sha256:1417bee5b50d2d26… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"name":"Pull Request","tags":["issue-tracking","patch"],"url":"https://github.com/q2a/question2answer/pull/1017"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:73aeff3de47def4cc44ad227a6a463dc0f685f0a1c4c1196a608297358906aee · sha256:1417bee5b50d2d26… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/question2answer-session-fixation-via-forgot-password-flow"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:73aeff3de47def4cc44ad227a6a463dc0f685f0a1c4c1196a608297358906aee · sha256:1417bee5b50d2d26… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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