GHSA-vj43-979m-cpx8HighCVSS 5.5
phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the group permission API, whose updatePermissions and updateMembers endpoints check held rights without regard to language or category scope and write unrestricted group grants. Non-superadmin administrators holding GROUP_EDIT can grant a group a right they hold only in a narrow scope and self-join it via updateMembers, gaining unrestricted FAQ create, edit, and publish access across all languages and categories.
🔗 References (4)
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-6vf7-mrj2-7c37
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111891
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-from-4.2.0-alpha.2-before-4.2.0-beta-privilege-escalation-via-group-permissions-api
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vj43-979m-cpx8