CVE-2026-57996CWE-269

phpMyFAQ - Privilege Escalation via Missing SuperAdmin Guard in user/add Endpoint

High · published July 15, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
37.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the user/add API endpoint that allows non-SuperAdmin administrators to create SuperAdmin accounts. A delegated administrator with USER_ADD/EDIT/DELETE permissions can call POST /admin/api/user/add with isSuperAdmin: true and attacker-chosen credentials to create a SuperAdmin account, then authenticate as that account to achieve full instance takeover.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00442 · 37.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-07-15T11:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 JUL 11:25Z
    phpMyFAQ - Privilege Escalation via Missing SuperAdmin Guard in user/add Endpoint
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