What is GHSA-2jrh-wx9p-9fp9?

GHSA-2jrh-wx9p-9fp9 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the deleteUser() API that...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-2jrh-wx9p-9fp9 cover?

GHSA-2jrh-wx9p-9fp9 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-111909. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-2jrh-wx9p-9fp9?

GHSA-2jrh-wx9p-9fp9 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-2jrh-wx9p-9fp9HighCVSS 8.1

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the deleteUser() API that...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 17, 2026

Last Modified

October 17, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-111909 →

📋 Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the deleteUser() API that allows authenticated non-superadmin users with delete_user permission to delete superadmin accounts. Attackers can send a DELETE request to /admin/api/user/delete with a superadmin's userId other than 1, removing administrative access and accountability.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-7j43-ww55-pm3g
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111909
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-4.1.9-missing-authorization-allows-superadmin-deletion-via-deleteuser-api
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2jrh-wx9p-9fp9