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CVE-2014-6049

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-6049 describes an authorization bypass vulnerability in phpMyFAQ versions prior to 2.8.13, allowing remote authenticated administrators to bypass authorization checks through a manipulated instance ID parameter. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 2.7) requires high privileges and network access, with a potential impact limited to low integrity. While an ExploitDB entry exists, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely exploited in the wild.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.8.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

2.7LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-34580 · Sep 8, 2014
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0319 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 709 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

phpmyfaq.de / security/advisory-2014-09-16
Vendor Advisory
techdefencelabs.com / security-advisories.html
Third Party Advisory