CVE-2026-45010 — phpMyFAQ - Unauthenticated Two-Factor Authentication Brute-Force via /admin/check Endpoint
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in the /admin/check endpoint, which accepts arbitrary user-id parameter…
Published: 2026-05-15 · CVSS: 9.3 · CVSS 4.0
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in the /admin/check endpoint, which accepts arbitrary user-id parameters without session binding or rate limiting. Unauthenticated attackers can brute-force any user's six-digit TOTP code by submitting POST requests with sequential token values, bypassing two-factor authentication to gain full administrative access.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7