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Medium 6.5Published Jan 23, 2026

CVE-2026-24420phpMyFAQ: Attachment download allowed without dlattachment right (broken access control)

Updated under an hour ago ()

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions 4.0.16 and below allow an authenticated user without the dlattachment permission to download FAQ attachments due to a incomprehensive permissions check. The presence of a right key is improperly validated as proof of authorization in attachment.php. Additionally, the group and user permission logic contains a flawed conditional expression that may allow unauthorized access. This issue has been fixed in version

CVSS
6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-284
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
GitHub_M
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Jan 26, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
thorsten phpMyFAQ
thorsten:phpmyfaq (from the name)
before 4.0.17
CNA record
phpmyfaq phpmyfaq
phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq
before 4.0.17
NVD

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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