CVE-2026-111890

phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in UserController::updateUserRights that drops per-right language restrictions when rights are re-granted. Administrators holding USEREDIT can submit language-scoped rights to the update-rights API,...

CVE-2026-111890

The software phpMyFAQ versions 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta is vulnerable to a privilege escalation flaw in the UserController::updateUserRights function. The root cause is that the system drops per-right language restrictions when rights are re-granted. Consequently, administrators with the U...

CVE-2026-111890 phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta Privilege Escalation via updateUserRights

phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in UserController::updateUserRights that drops per-right language restrictions when rights are re-granted. Administrators holding USEREDIT can submit language-scoped rights to the update-rights API,...

CVE-2026-111890 phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta Privilege Escalation via updateUserRights

phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in UserController::updateUserRights that drops per-right language restrictions when rights are re-granted. Administrators holding USEREDIT can submit language-scoped rights to the update-rights API,...

EUVD-2026-103329

phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in UserController::updateUserRights that drops per-right language restrictions when rights are re-granted. Administrators holding USEREDIT can submit language-scoped rights to the update-rights API,...

Unlock of a Resource that is not Locked

Overview phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unlock of a Resource that is not Locked in the editUser and updateUserRights processes. An attacker can gain unauthorized SuperAdmin privileges or grant...

PT-2026-56096

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...

phpMyFAQ Privilege Escalation

The vulnerability of the editUser and updateUserRights functions in the phpMyFAQ web application is related to deficiencies in the authentication process. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to gain increased privileges remotely...

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-2026-56396 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...

CVE-2026-56396: Missing Authorization

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...