CVE-2026-111897CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2026-111897

High · published October 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
18.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows category-restricted editors to manage attachments of FAQs outside their categories by supplying arbitrary record IDs. Attackers in medium permission mode can send upload or delete requests with a target record_id or attachment ID to tamper with or remove files on unauthorized FAQs.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
7.1 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00272 · 18.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-10-17T23:16Z
References (3)
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hj8v-cg6r-gg6q · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-authorization-bypass-in-attachment-administration-endpoints · [email protected]https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hj8v-cg6r-gg6q · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 OCT 03:27Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 17 OCT 18:46Z
    phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Authorization Bypass in Attachment Administration Endpoints
    cvelistv5
  • 17 OCT 18:46Z
    phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Authorization Bypass in Attachment Administration Endpoints
    cvelistv5