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SCA: security update for phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq, thorsten/phpmyfaq (GHSA-xvp4-phqj-cjr3)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 442243

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - phpMyFAQ before 4.1.3 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability in the admin API user
 password endpoint that allows authenticated administrators to change any user's password without
 authorization verification. An attacker with low-privilege admin credentials can escalate to SuperAdmin by
 modifying the userId parameter in the overwrite-password API request. (CVE-2026-35671)

Solution

Update the phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq library and its related packages to version 4.1.3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xvp4-phqj-cjr3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 442243

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/20/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.93

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35671

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35671