What is GHSA-39j8-x5gv-w8w5?

GHSA-39j8-x5gv-w8w5 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. phpMyFAQ before 4.2.0-alpha.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the admin...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-39j8-x5gv-w8w5 cover?

GHSA-39j8-x5gv-w8w5 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-85589. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-39j8-x5gv-w8w5Medium

phpMyFAQ before 4.2.0-alpha.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the admin...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 4, 2026

Last Modified

September 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-85589 →

📋 Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.2.0-alpha.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the admin dashboard API endpoints searches and content-health that enforce only authentication without permission checks. Any authenticated user can access these endpoints to read site-wide search statistics and content-health counters regardless of their privilege level.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gpwm-82cg-4wfw
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85589
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-4.2.0-alpha.2-missing-authorization-via-dashboard-api
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-39j8-x5gv-w8w5