CVE-2026-35672

Published: May 28, 2026Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

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Vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/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

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/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:XShow less

Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-1188

Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

The product initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the administrator, but the default is not secure.

References (3)

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gp95-j463-vv28

Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-authentication-bypass-via-empty-api-token

Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gp95-j463-vv28

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

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