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CVE-2026-45010

Published: May 15, 2026

Modified: May 28, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

9.1

CRITICAL

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in the /admin/check endpoint, which accepts arbitrary user-id parameters without session binding or rate limiting. Unauthenticated attackers can brute-force any user's six-digit TOTP code by submitting POST requests with sequential token values, bypassing two-factor authentication to gain full administrative access.

VendorProductVersions

thorsten

phpmyfaq

affected
0 - < 4.1.2
unaffected
4.1.2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-307

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

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