CVE-2026-111893

high

Description

phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::saveCategoryRestrictions() that lets delegated administrators assign categories outside their own scope. Category-restricted administrators can POST to /admin/api/group/category-restrictions with out-of-scope or empty categoryIds to grant groups unrestricted category access.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-privilege-escalation-via-group-category-restrictions-api

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gv7w-78f6-mcmh

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-103326

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-17

Updated: 2026-10-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High