CVE-2026-57995

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::updatePermissions that allows GROUPEDIT administrators to grant arbitrary rights to groups without verifying they hold those rights themselves. A delegated administrator can exploit this by assigning high-valu...

CVE-2026-57995 phpMyFAQ - Privilege Escalation via Missing Self-Rights Constraint in GroupController::updatePermissions

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::updatePermissions that allows GROUPEDIT administrators to grant arbitrary rights to groups without verifying they hold those rights themselves. A delegated administrator can exploit this by assigning high-valu...

CVE-2026-57995 phpMyFAQ - Privilege Escalation via Missing Self-Rights Constraint in GroupController::updatePermissions

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::updatePermissions that allows GROUPEDIT administrators to grant arbitrary rights to groups without verifying they hold those rights themselves. A delegated administrator can exploit this by assigning high-valu...

CVE-2026-57995

phpMyFAQ

PT-2026-54050

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions phpMyFAQ versions prior to 4.1.5 Description An issue exists in the updatePermissions function within the GroupController that allows administrators with GROUP EDIT privileges to grant arbitrary rights to groups without verifying if they posse...

GHSA-985R-Q3QP-299H phpMyFAQ has an incomplete fix for GHSA-xvp4-phqj-cjr3 — editUser() and updateUserRights() lack authorization guards

Advisory / Disclosure phpMyFAQ 4.1.3 — incomplete fix for the admin-API IDOR/privilege-escalation class Target: thorsten/phpMyFAQ composer: thorsten/phpmyfaq, phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq Affected: "Only SuperAdmins may change other users' attributes. Self-service is always allowed." and "a non-SuperAdmin...

EUVD-2026-37954

phpMyFAQ: Missing userHasPermission in 4 API write endpoints CVE-2026-24421 Incomplete Fix...

GHSA-8C6H-7G6X-M5X4 phpMyFAQ: Missing userHasPermission() in 4 API write endpoints (CVE-2026-24421 Incomplete Fix)

Missing Authorization in API CategoryController — CVE-2026-24421 fixed BackupController by adding userHasPermissionPermissionType::BACKUP. The same fix was NOT applied to 4 other write endpoints in the public API. All 4 only call hasValidToken shared API key but never call userHasPermission,...

EUVD-2026-35091

phpMyFAQ has Weak Cryptography - SHA1 for Password Hashing...

GHSA-58FG-62FG-3FCJ phpMyFAQ has Weak Cryptography - SHA1 for Password Hashing

Summary Attachment passwords are hashed using SHA-1, a cryptographically broken algorithm. SHA-1 has been vulnerable to collision attacks since 2017 SHAttered. Details Affected File : phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/Attachment/AbstractAttachment.php Impact - An attacker can generate SHA-1 collisions to...

CVE-2026-56396

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.4 contains missing authorization vulnerabilities in editUser and updateUserRights endpoints that allow authenticated administrators to escalate privileges. Non-SuperAdmin users with edituser permission can set issuperadmin flag or grant arbitrary rights to escalate to SuperAdm...

CVE-2026-56396 phpMyFAQ - Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization in editUser() and updateUserRights()

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.4 contains missing authorization vulnerabilities in editUser and updateUserRights endpoints that allow authenticated administrators to escalate privileges. Non-SuperAdmin users with edituser permission can set issuperadmin flag or grant arbitrary rights to escalate to SuperAdm...

CVE-2026-56396

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.4 contains missing authorization vulnerabilities in editUser and updateUserRights endpoints that allow authenticated administrators to escalate privileges. Non-SuperAdmin users with edituser permission can set issuperadmin flag or grant arbitrary rights to escalate to SuperAdm...

EUVD-2026-38162

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.4 contains missing authorization vulnerabilities in editUser and updateUserRights endpoints that allow authenticated administrators to escalate privileges. Non-SuperAdmin users with edituser permission can set issuperadmin flag or grant arbitrary rights to escalate to SuperAdm...

CVE-2026-56396 phpMyFAQ - Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization in editUser() and updateUserRights()

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.4 contains missing authorization vulnerabilities in editUser and updateUserRights endpoints that allow authenticated administrators to escalate privileges. Non-SuperAdmin users with edituser permission can set issuperadmin flag or grant arbitrary rights to escalate to SuperAdm...

CVE-2026-56396

CVE-2026-56396 (phpMyFAQ) affects phpMyFAQ versions before 4.1.4. The issue is missing authorization in editUser() and updateUserRights(), allowing authenticated administrators with edit_user to set the is_superadmin flag or grant arbitrary rights, escalating to SuperAdmin. This leads to high-imp...

CVE-2026-49205

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions prior to 4.1.4 have Missing Authorization in the API CategoryController. CVE-2026-24421 addressed this in the BackupController by adding: $this-userHasPermissionPermissionType::BACKUP. The same fix was not applied to 4 other write endpoints...

CVE-2026-49205 phpMyFAQ: Missing userHasPermission() in 4 API write endpoints (CVE-2026-24421 Incomplete Fix)

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions prior to 4.1.4 have Missing Authorization in the API CategoryController. CVE-2026-24421 addressed this in the BackupController by adding: $this-userHasPermissionPermissionType::BACKUP. The same fix was not applied to 4 other write endpoints...

CVE-2026-49205 phpMyFAQ: Missing userHasPermission() in 4 API write endpoints (CVE-2026-24421 Incomplete Fix)

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions prior to 4.1.4 have Missing Authorization in the API CategoryController. CVE-2026-24421 addressed this in the BackupController by adding: $this-userHasPermissionPermissionType::BACKUP. The same fix was not applied to 4 other write endpoints...

CVE-2026-49205

phpMyFAQ versions before 4.1.4 have Missing Authorization in the API CategoryController, where four write endpoints (POST /api/v4.0/category, POST /api/v4.0/faq, PUT /api/v4.0/faq, POST /api/v4.0/question) relied on a shared token check instead of per-user permissions. This allowed insufficient a...