CVE-2026-111908
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.
- Score
- CVSS 4.0 8.7 High
- Status
- Deferred - disclosure@vulncheck.com
- Published
- 2026-10-17
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Weaknesses
- CWE-639
Affected products
References
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-j3px-r7cr-r26r
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.0.0-before-4.1.9-and-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-bola-in-faq-update-v…
