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CVE-2026-45008

24
FAUCET Score

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability in Client::deleteClientFolder that allows admins with INSTANCE_DELETE permission to delete arbitrary directories. Attackers can submit traversal sequences like https://../../../<path> in the client URL parameter to recursively delete directories outside the intended clientFolder scope.

First published: May 15, 2026Last modified: May 28, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
ThorstenPhpmyfaq
>= 0, < 4.1.2CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

7.0HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
NONE
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 9th percentile among its peer group of 3,566 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: thorsten/phpmyfaqFixed in: 4.1.2
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyfaq/phpmyfaqFixed in: 4.1.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-gh9p-q46p-57g2medium

phpMyFAQ: Path Traversal in Client::deleteClientFolder enables arbitrary directory deletion by non-super-admin admins

May 6, 2026

References

github.com / thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gh9p-q46p-57g2
vulncheck.com / advisories/phpmyfaq-path-traversal-in-client-deleteclientfolder-via-url-parameter