CVE-2026-111908

phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta BOLA in FAQ Update via REST API

State: Published
Severity: 8.7 High
Published: Oct 17, 2026
Updated: Oct 19, 2026
Reserved: Oct 17, 2026

Description

phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a broken object-level authorization vulnerability in the PUT /api/v3.1/faq/update endpoint, which checks only the global edit_faq permission and does not verify access to the target FAQ. Authenticated users with edit_faq permission can supply the ID of a restricted FAQ they cannot view to modify its content, bypass moderation, and change its publication state.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.7 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	8.3 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Affected Products

Product	Versions
phpMyFAQthorsten	4.0.0 to before 4.1.9Affected 4.1.9Not affected
phpMyFAQthorsten	4.2.0-alpha to before 4.2.0-betaAffected 4.2.0-betaNot affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-j3px-r7cr-r26r)vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta BOLA in FAQ Update via REST APIthird-party-advisory

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