CVE-2026-45008

medium

Published 2026-05-15 · Modified 2026-05-28

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

7.0

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

VIR risk

6.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Packagist	phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq	`<4.1.2`
Packagist	phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ	`<4.1.2`	`4.1.2`
COMPOSER	phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ	`< 4.1.2`	`4.1.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-73

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.