phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 Authentication Bypass via Setup API
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.9epss 0.5%
exploitation probability
0.5%top 61% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in SetupController that allows unauthenticated attackers to run database migrations and create configuration backups when maintenance mode is enabled. Attackers can call POST /api/setup/update-database and POST /api/setup/backup endpoints to execute database updates, disable maintenance mode, and extract database credentials from generated ZIP archives.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
thorsten · phpMyFAQ