{"id":"CVE-2026-45009","title":"phpMyFAQ - Insufficient Authorization Check in Admin API Endpoints","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 privile…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-863"],"vendor":"thorsten","product":"phpmyfaq","affected":["phpmyfaq >= 4.1.1 < 4.1.2"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-05-15T20:04:40.405815Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"published":"2026-05-15","updated":"2026-11-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-08T14:03:35.119Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45009","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-jrc5-w569-h7h5","label":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-jrc5-w569-h7h5)"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-insufficient-authorization-check-in-admin-api-endpoints","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ - Insufficient Authorization Check in Admin API Endpoints"}],"tags":["cve.org","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00211,"epssPercentile":0.11325,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-08T14:51:22.426Z","slug":"CVE-2026-45009","body":"## Overview\n\nphpMyFAQ 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `phpmyfaq >= 4.1.1 < 4.1.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":23.7,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}