PT-2026-42612 · Packagist · Phpmyfaq/Phpmyfaq+1

Published 2026-05-15 · Updated 2026-05-15

OSV

CVSS v4.0

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-jrc5-w569-h7h5. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains an insufficient authorization vulnerability in admin-api routes that allows authenticated ordinary users to access administrative endpoints by only checking login status instead of verifying backend privileges. Attackers with valid frontend user accounts can access sensitive backend operational information including dashboard versions, LDAP configuration, Elasticsearch statistics, and health-check data.

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

GHSA-9R8R-X3VG-6XH4

Affected Products

Phpmyfaq/Phpmyfaq

Thorsten/Phpmyfaq

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45009 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9r8r-x3vg-6xh4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ · Note
• https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-jrc5-w569-h7h5 · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-insufficient-authorization-check-in-admin-api-endpoints · Note