---
id: CVE-2026-45007
title: >-
  phpMyFAQ - Missing Permission Check on 12 Configuration API Endpoints Allows
  Information Disclosure
summary: >-
  phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains missing permission checks in
  ConfigurationTabController.php where 12 endpoints use userIsAuthenticated()
  instead of userHasPermission(CONFIGURATION_EDIT). Any authenticated user can
  enumerate system configu…
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-862
vendor: thorsten
product: phpmyfaq
affected:
  - phpmyfaq < 4.1.2
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-05-16T01:16:25.036105Z'
exploitAvailable: true
published: '2026-05-15'
updated: '2026-11-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-08T14:03:33.495Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45007'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-rm98-82fr-mcfx
    label: GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-rm98-82fr-mcfx)
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-missing-permission-check-on-12-configuration-api-endpoints-allows-information-disclosure
    label: >-
      VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ - Missing Permission Check on 12
      Configuration API Endpoints Allows Information Disclosure
tags:
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00261
epssPercentile: 0.1789
ingestedAt: '2026-11-08T14:51:22.427Z'
---

## Overview

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains missing permission checks in ConfigurationTabController.php where 12 endpoints use userIsAuthenticated() instead of userHasPermission(CONFIGURATION_EDIT). Any authenticated user can enumerate system configuration metadata including permission model, cache backend, mail provider, and translation provider by querying /admin/api/configuration endpoints, violating least privilege access control.

## Affected

- `phpmyfaq < 4.1.2`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.