TI-2026-32867 Aliases CVE-2026-45009 GHSA-jrc5-w569-h7h5

phpMyFAQ - Insufficient Authorization Check in Admin API Endpoints

MEDIUM 57CWE-863Published 2026-05-15 · Updated 2026-11-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: None
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00211 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed phpmyfaq (thorsten): 4.1.2thorsten/phpmyfaq (Packagist): 4.1.2+1 more product

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
thorsten	phpmyfaq	4.1.1 to before 4.1.2	4.1.2	Patch available	CNA
—	thorsten/phpmyfaq (Packagist)	4.1.1 to before 4.1.2	4.1.2	Patch available	GHSA-jrc5-w569-h7h5
—	phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq (Packagist)	4.1.1 to before 4.1.2	4.1.2	Patch available	GHSA-jrc5-w569-h7h5

phpmyfaq Vendorthorsten Affected 4.1.1 to before 4.1.2 Fixed in 4.1.2 Patch available CNA
thorsten/phpmyfaq (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.1.1 to before 4.1.2 Fixed in 4.1.2 Patch available GHSA-jrc5-w569-h7h5
phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.1.1 to before 4.1.2 Fixed in 4.1.2 Patch available GHSA-jrc5-w569-h7h5

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq::::::::	—	—	thorsten

cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·thorsten

Remediation

Fix · CNA phpmyfaq (thorsten) Fixed in 4.1.2
Fix · GHSA-jrc5-w569-h7h5 thorsten/phpmyfaq (Packagist) Fixed in 4.1.2 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-jrc5-w569-h7h5 phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq (Packagist) Fixed in 4.1.2 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2026-05-15
thorsten phpmyfaq 4.1.2
13 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 5 HIGH, 8 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-32868 phpMyFAQ - Unauthenticated Two-Factor Authentication Brute-Force via /admin/check EndpointPriority HIGH 81
- TI-2026-34083 phpMyFAQ - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure via getIdFromSolutionId Permission BypassPriority HIGH 77
- TI-2026-34084 phpMyFAQ - Stored XSS via Utils::parseUrl() in Comment RenderingPriority HIGH 69
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45009
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jrc5-w569-h7h5

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ

TI-2023-00296 Improper Authentication in thorsten/phpmyfaq CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-76118 Authentication bypass in phpMyFAQ via WebAuthn credential injection CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
TI-2026-32868 phpMyFAQ - Unauthenticated Two-Factor Authentication Brute-Force via /admin/check Endpoint CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
TI-2026-76108 Unauthenticated denial of service in phpMyFAQ API pagination CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2026-53313 phpMyFAQ 3.1.0 through 4.1.6 Authentication Bypass via LDAP CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2026-34083 phpMyFAQ - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure via getIdFromSolutionId Permission Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7

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Sources

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