CVE-2026-45009
medium
CVSS v3
4.3
CVSS v2
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
phpMyFAQ: Ordinary Authenticated User Can Access Admin-Only API Endpoints Due to Insufficient Authorization Check
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
53%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | thorsten/phpmyfaq | <4.1.2 | |
| Packagist | phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq | <4.1.2 | |
| Packagist | phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ | <4.1.2 | 4.1.2 |
| Packagist | thorsten/phpMyFAQ | <4.1.2 | 4.1.2 |
| COMPOSER | thorsten/phpMyFAQ | < 4.1.2 | 4.1.2 |
| COMPOSER | phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ | < 4.1.2 | 4.1.2 |
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9r8r-x3vg-6xh4
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-jrc5-w569-h7h5
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-insufficient-authorization-check-in-admin-api-endpoints
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45009
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ
CWEs
CWE-863
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.