CVE-2026-66399

high

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.6 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::updateMembers() that allows administrators with only group-management permissions to join privileged groups without verification of required rights. Attackers can add themselves to pre-existing groups holding user-management rights and immediately inherit those permissions to modify or delete user accounts.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-privilege-escalation-via-group-membership

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-28cc-v39j-vr95

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-27

Updated: 2026-07-28

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

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00231