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CVE-2026-46365

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the DELETE /admin/api/content/tags/{tagId} endpoint that allows any authenticated user to delete tags. Any logged-in user, including regular frontend users, can delete arbitrary tags by sending a DELETE request with a valid session cookie, resulting in permanent data loss and disruption of FAQ organization.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:083fa55c8cf3c29c31a4b669dae7e981758d48d7ff9c92ffc58fd687bb17abec
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":5.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ff17f1bea829ab6c2f07000f67eea287eab97020f4d11f930faeca1317ca1ad2 · sha256:8ee2e9a7e35f94e4… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"LOW"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ff17f1bea829ab6c2f07000f67eea287eab97020f4d11f930faeca1317ca1ad2 · sha256:8ee2e9a7e35f94e4… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV4_0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"phpmyfaq","vendor":"thorsten","versions":[{"lessThan":"4.1.2","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"4.1.2","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ff17f1bea829ab6c2f07000f67eea287eab97020f4d11f930faeca1317ca1ad2 · sha256:8ee2e9a7e35f94e4… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":5.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ff17f1bea829ab6c2f07000f67eea287eab97020f4d11f930faeca1317ca1ad2 · sha256:8ee2e9a7e35f94e4… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"LOW"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ff17f1bea829ab6c2f07000f67eea287eab97020f4d11f930faeca1317ca1ad2 · sha256:8ee2e9a7e35f94e4… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ff17f1bea829ab6c2f07000f67eea287eab97020f4d11f930faeca1317ca1ad2 · sha256:8ee2e9a7e35f94e4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-7cx3-2qx2-3g6w"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ff17f1bea829ab6c2f07000f67eea287eab97020f4d11f930faeca1317ca1ad2 · sha256:8ee2e9a7e35f94e4… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"GHSA Advisory GHSA-7cx3-2qx2-3g6w","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-7cx3-2qx2-3g6w"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ff17f1bea829ab6c2f07000f67eea287eab97020f4d11f930faeca1317ca1ad2 · sha256:8ee2e9a7e35f94e4… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ - Missing Authorization in Tag Deletion Endpoint","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-missing-authorization-in-tag-deletion-endpoint"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ff17f1bea829ab6c2f07000f67eea287eab97020f4d11f930faeca1317ca1ad2 · sha256:8ee2e9a7e35f94e4… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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