CVE-2026-45010 PUBLISHED

phpMyFAQ - Unauthenticated Two-Factor Authentication Brute-Force via /admin/check Endpoint

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 08.05.2026 Published: 15.05.2026 Updated: 15.05.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 9.1

Product Status

Vendor thorsten
Product phpmyfaq
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.1.2 (excl.)
  • Version 4.1.2 is unaffected

Credits

  • adrgs reporter
  • aisafe-bot finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts CWE