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CVE-2026-111897 Details

ANALYZED

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Description

phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows category-restricted editors to manage attachments of FAQs outside their categories by supplying arbitrary record IDs. Attackers in medium permission mode can send upload or delete requests with a target record_id or attachment ID to tamper with or remove files on unauthorized FAQs.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:5.4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.1 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hj8v-cg6r-gg6q	CISA-ADP	AdvisoryExploitRemedyVendor
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hj8v-cg6r-gg6q	[email protected]	AdvisoryExploitRemedyVendor
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-authorization-bypass-in-attachment-administration-endpoints	[email protected]	Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-862	Missing Authorization	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
phpMyFAQ	>= 4.2.0-alpha, < 4.2.0-beta (semver)
CPE cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:::::::: Remediation Upgrade: 4.2.0-betamoderate effort

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Oct 19, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Oct 17, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]