CVE-2026-42569phpvms: /importer authorization bypass causing full database wipe
- 9.4CriticalCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 32% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
phpVMS is a PHP application to run and simulate an airline. Prior to version 7.0.6, a critical vulnerability in phpVMS allowed unauthenticated access to a legacy import feature. This issue has been patched in version 7.0.6.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- phpVMS < 7.0.6 - Legacy Importer Authorization Bypass (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-42569.yamlSeverity critical
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 11 days later
· 11 days later
Published
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Critical9.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.4.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistnabeel/phpvmsGHSA-fv26-4939-62fh (opens in a new tab)
References
References4
- https://github.com/phpvms/phpvms/security/advisories/GHSA-fv26-4939-62fh (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/phpvms/phpvms/commit/f59ba8e0e8fc25c60c3faf14e526cfd49df3f7dc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/phpvms/phpvms/releases/tag/7.0.6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/phpvms/phpvms/releases/tag/7.0.7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-28930 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-fv26-4939-62fh (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-42569)Record last updated .