Detections
Analytics

SCA: security update for phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ (GHSA-rmqr-h98c-qg2m)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 442306

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2026-45008)

Solution

Update the phpMyFAQ/phpMyFAQ library and its related packages to version 4.1.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rmqr-h98c-qg2m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 442306

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/22/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-45008

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Threat Score: 4.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: 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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-45008

cwe: CWE-73