Vulnerability · Published Oct 17, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-111908phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta BOLA in FAQ Update via REST API

High 8.3

In plain English

A high-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in phpMyFAQ from thorsten. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a broken object-level authorization vulnerability in the PUT /api/v3.1/faq/update endpoint, which checks only the global edit_faq permission and does not verify access to the target FAQ. Authenticated users with edit_faq permission can supply the ID of a restricted FAQ they cannot view to modify its content, bypass moderation, and change its publication state.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
thorsten	phpMyFAQ	4.0.0 – before 4.1.9
thorsten	phpMyFAQ	4.2.0-alpha – before 4.2.0-beta

Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-j3px-r7cr-r26r) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta BOLA in FAQ Update via REST API third-party-advisory