CVE-2026-46362

medium

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in AbstractAdministrationController::userHasPermission() that fails to terminate execution after sending a forbidden response. Attackers can access all permission-protected admin pages by requesting their URLs as authenticated users, exposing admin logs, user data, system information, and application configuration.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-authorization-bypass-in-admin-pages-via-non-terminating-permission-check

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hpgw-ww76-c68r

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-15

Updated: 2026-05-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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