Vulnerability · Published May 15, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-46362phpMyFAQ - Authorization Bypass in Admin Pages via Non-Terminating Permission Check

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect authorization 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 23% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in AbstractAdministrationController::userHasPermission() that fails to terminate execution after sending a forbidden response. Attackers can access all permission-protected admin pages by requesting their URLs as authenticated users, exposing admin logs, user data, system information, and application configuration.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Packagist	phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq	4.1.2	GHSA-hpgw-ww76-c68r
Packagist	thorsten/phpmyfaq	4.1.2	GHSA-hpgw-ww76-c68r

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
thorsten	phpmyfaq	0 – before 4.1.2

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

GHSA Advisory GHSA-hpgw-ww76-c68r vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ - Authorization Bypass in Admin Pages via Non-Terminating Permission Check third-party-advisory