CVE-2026-45008
Duplicate Advisory: phpMyFAQ: Path traversal in Client::deleteClientFolder enables arbitrary directory deletion by non-super-admin admins
Description
### Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-gh9p-q46p-57g2. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ### Original 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.
How to fix CVE-2026-45008
To remediate CVE-2026-45008, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.1.2 or later
- —upgrade to 4.1.2 or later
- —upgrade to 4.1.2 or later
Is CVE-2026-45008 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 4.1.2
- from 0, < 4.1.2
- from 0, < 4.1.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |