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CVE-2026-35672

phpMyFAQ - Authentication Bypass via Empty API Token

Published: May 28, 2026Updated: May 28, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-1188
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 68.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.3 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in API v4.0 where the default empty api.apiClientToken allows unauthenticated users to create and modify FAQ entries. Attackers can send an empty x-pmf-token header to bypass token validation and inject malicious content via POST endpoints /api/v4.0/faq/create, /api/v4.0/category, and /api/v4.0/question.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-1188

Affected Products

thorsten
individual-devaka phpmyfaq, thorsten/phpmyfaq
phpMyFAQOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gp95-j463-vv28
github.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-authentication-bypass-via-empty-api-token
vulncheck.com

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