CVE-2026-57996

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the user/add API endpoint that allows non-SuperAdmin administrators to create SuperAdmin accounts. A delegated administrator with USERADD/EDIT/DELETE permissions can call POST /admin/api/user/add with isSuperAdmin: true and...

CVE-2026-57996 phpMyFAQ - Privilege Escalation via Missing SuperAdmin Guard in user/add Endpoint

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the user/add API endpoint that allows non-SuperAdmin administrators to create SuperAdmin accounts. A delegated administrator with USERADD/EDIT/DELETE permissions can call POST /admin/api/user/add with isSuperAdmin: true and...

Privilege Escalation

thorsten/phpmyfaq is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. The vulnerability exists because of the insufficient permission checks in the user.php, which allows an attacker to gain escalated privilege through the isSuperAdmin feature...