CVE-2026-111902CWE-639

CVE-2026-111902

Medium · published October 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
17.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in isFaqAccessibleForUser() that treats a missing FAQ translation as visible to unauthenticated users. Attackers can send a mismatched Accept-Language header to the comments and attachments API endpoints to read comments and attachment listings of unpublished or ACL-restricted FAQs.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
6.9 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00265 · 17.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Published
2026-10-17T23:16Z
References (2)
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-g6fj-8cjr-wrxv · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-authorization-bypass-via-comments-and-attachments-api · [email protected]
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 via Comments and Attachments API
    cvelistv5
  • 17 OCT 18:46Z
    phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Authorization Bypass via Comments and Attachments API
    cvelistv5