Insecure Default Initialization of Resource Affecting phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq package, versions <4.1.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-PHPMYFAQPHPMYFAQ-16874184
  • published25 May 2026
  • disclosed20 May 2026
  • creditguayu-kakeru

Introduced: 20 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-35672  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1188  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq to version 4.1.3 or higher.

Overview

phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Default Initialization of Resource via the hasValidToken function. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to create and modify FAQ entries, categories, and questions by sending requests with an empty x-pmf-token header, matching the default empty API client token.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1