CVE-2026-111910

medium

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in attachment.php that allows attackers to download atta…

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in attachment.php that allows attackers to download attachments of restricted FAQs by bypassing per-record permission checks. Low-privileged users with the dlattachment right, or anonymous users when allowDownloadsForGuests is enabled, can request attachment IDs to retrieve confidential files from restricted FAQs.

CVSS

6.5

6.5 (CVSS v3.1)

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

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

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-10-17 19:16

Modified: 2026-10-21 22:16

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 1 day 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-862

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-pp67-9fv9-ph7q disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-4.1.9-and-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-be... disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pp67-9fv9-ph7q 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Data sources

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

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