CVE-2026-45007

phpMyFAQ - Missing Permission Check on 12 Configuration API Endpoints Allows Information Disclosure

State: Published
Severity: 5.3 Medium
Published: May 15, 2026
Updated: May 28, 2026
Reserved: May 8, 2026

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	5.3 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
phpmyfaqthorsten	before 4.1.2Affected 4.1.2Not affected

References

GHSA Advisory GHSA-rm98-82fr-mcfxvendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ - Missing Permission Check on 12 Configuration API Endpoints Allows Information Disclosurethird-party-advisory

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