What is CVE-2026-45010?

CVE-2026-45010 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Thorsten Phpmyfaq, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2026-45010?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Thorsten Phpmyfaq

CVE-2026-45010

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 at…

EPSS: 0.001 (34.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Thorsten Phpmyfaq — versions 0, 4.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-45010?: CVE-2026-45010 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Thorsten Phpmyfaq, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-45010?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.