What is GHSA-q82q-6rfm-h9vp?

GHSA-q82q-6rfm-h9vp is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. phpMyFAQ before 4.1.4 contains missing authorization vulnerabilities in editUser() and...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-q82q-6rfm-h9vp cover?

GHSA-q82q-6rfm-h9vp covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-56396. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-q82q-6rfm-h9vp?

GHSA-q82q-6rfm-h9vp has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-q82q-6rfm-h9vpHighCVSS 8.8

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.4 contains missing authorization vulnerabilities in editUser() and...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 21, 2026

Last Modified

June 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-56396 →

📋 Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.4 contains missing authorization vulnerabilities in editUser() and updateUserRights() endpoints that allow authenticated administrators to escalate privileges. Non-SuperAdmin users with edit_user permission can set is_superadmin flag or grant arbitrary rights to escalate to SuperAdmin access.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-985r-q3qp-299h
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56396
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-privilege-escalation-via-missing-authorization-in-edituser-and-updateuserrights
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q82q-6rfm-h9vp