CVE-2026-85589CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2026-85589

published September 4, 2026

CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
41.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

phpMyFAQ before 4.2.0-alpha.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the admin dashboard API endpoints searches and content-health that enforce only authentication without permission checks. Any authenticated user can access these endpoints to read site-wide search statistics and content-health counters regardless of their privilege level.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
5.3 · NONE
CVSS v4.0
5.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00488 · 41.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-09-04T16:17Z
References (3)
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gpwm-82cg-4wfw · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-4.2.0-alpha.2-missing-authorization-via-dashboard-api · [email protected]https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gpwm-82cg-4wfw · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 SEP 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 04 SEP 11:29Z
    phpMyFAQ before 4.2.0-alpha.2 Missing Authorization via Dashboard API
    cvelistv5