CVE-2026-111910

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Authorization Bypass via attachment.php Downloads

State: Published
Severity: 7.1 High
Published: Oct 17, 2026
Updated: Oct 21, 2026
Reserved: Oct 17, 2026

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in attachment.php that allows attackers to download attachments of restricted FAQs by bypassing per-record permission checks. Low-privileged users with the dlattachment right, or anonymous users when allowDownloadsForGuests is enabled, can request attachment IDs to retrieve confidential files from restricted FAQs.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	7.1 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
phpMyFAQthorsten	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-pp67-9fv9-ph7q)vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Authorization Bypass via attachment.php Downloadsthird-party-advisory

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