Vulnerability · Published Oct 17, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-111904phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Information Disclosure via open-questions API

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity information exposure in phpMyFAQ from thorsten. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an information disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read hidden open questions due to an inverted api.onlyPublicQuestions check in OpenQuestionController. Attackers can send GET requests to the /api/v4.0/open-questions endpoint to retrieve non-public moderation or internal questions and their associated usernames.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
thorsten	phpMyFAQ	4.2.0-alpha – before 4.2.0-beta

Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-6xm9-p734-8fx6) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Information Disclosure via open-questions API third-party-advisory