CVE-2026-111890

medium

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 r…

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 USER_EDIT can submit language-scoped rights to the update-rights API, including for themselves, to gain unrestricted FAQ create, edit, and publish access across all languages.

CVSS

5.5

5.5 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-10-17 19:16

Modified: 2026-10-19 15:16

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 2 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:03 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-3666-fmjj-qm5h disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha.2-before-4.2.0-beta-privilege-es... disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-3666-fmjj-qm5h 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:03 UTC · record ↗

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