CVE-2026-46362

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-15. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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 v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
45
EG Risk 45/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
42nd
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 15, 2026

Last Modified

May 28, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated May 18, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

phpMyFAQ - Authorization Bypass in Admin Pages via Non-Terminating Permission Check | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-authorization-bypass-in-admin-pages-via-non-terminating-permission-check
githubMentions a patch (unverified)🟡 PoC Available

Authorization Bypass in All Admin Pages Due to Non-Terminating Permission Check in phpMyFAQ · Advisory · thorsten/phpMyFAQ · GitHub

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

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-46362(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq2.10.0-alpha ... 4.1.1 (170 versions)
  • every version up to 4.1.2: fixed in 4.1.2
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thorsten/phpmyfaq2.10.0-alpha ... 4.1.1 (170 versions)
  • every version up to 4.1.2: fixed in 4.1.2
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-46362?
CVE-2026-46362 is a medium vulnerability published on May 15, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-46362 disclosed?
CVE-2026-46362 was first published on May 15, 2026, with the most recent update on May 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-46362 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-46362 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (42nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-46362?
CVE-2026-46362 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-46362?
A fix for CVE-2026-46362 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-46362 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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