Medium 6.5Published May 15, 2026

CVE-2026-46362phpMyFAQ - Authorization Bypass in Admin Pages via Non-Terminating Permission Check

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 6:30 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

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-863
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 28, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

thorsten phpmyfaq thorsten:phpmyfaq (from the name)	before 4.1.2; 4.1.2 not affected	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hpgw-ww76-c68r	vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-authorization-bypass-in-admin-pages-via-non-terminating-permission-check	third-party-advisory

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