CVE-2026-116183

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.10 Authorization Bypass via /api/faq/create openQuestionID

State: Published
Severity: 8.7 High
Published: Oct 25, 2026
Updated: Oct 26, 2026
Reserved: Oct 25, 2026

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.10 contains an object-level authorization bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to modify or delete any visitor question by supplying an arbitrary openQuestionID to POST /api/faq/create. Attackers solving the CAPTCHA can rewrite question categories, forge answered entries in faqquestion_history, or permanently delete questions when records.enableDeleteQuestion is enabled.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.7 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Affected Products

Product	Versions
phpMyFAQthorsten	before 4.1.10Affected 4.1.10Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-9m55-g84r-x6v7)vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ before 4.1.10 Authorization Bypass via /api/faq/create openQuestionIDthird-party-advisory

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