CVE-2026-45008 | THREATINT

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability in Client::deleteClientFolder that allows admins with INSTANCE_DELETE permission to delete arbitrary directories. Attackers can submit traversal sequences like https://../../../<path> in the client URL parameter to recursively delete directories outside the intended clientFolder scope.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-08 | Published 2026-05-15 | Updated 2026-05-18 | Assigner VulnCheck

MEDIUM: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Problem types

External Control of File Name or Path

Product status

Default status

unaffected

Any version before 4.1.2

affected

4.1.2 (semver)

unaffected

Credits

adrgs reporter

aisafe-bot finder

References

github.com/...pMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gh9p-q46p-57g2 (GHSA Advisory GHSA-gh9p-q46p-57g2) vendor-advisory

www.vulncheck.com/...nt-deleteclientfolder-via-url-parameter (VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ - Path Traversal in Client::deleteClientFolder via URL Parameter) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-45008)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-45008)

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