CVE-2026-111897

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-authorization-bypass-in-attachment-administration-endpoints

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hj8v-cg6r-gg6q

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-103322

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-17

Updated: 2026-10-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: 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

Severity: High