What is GHSA-w9mj-gfrm-hj5x?

GHSA-w9mj-gfrm-hj5x is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-w9mj-gfrm-hj5x cover?

GHSA-w9mj-gfrm-hj5x covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-46362. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-w9mj-gfrm-hj5x?

GHSA-w9mj-gfrm-hj5x has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-w9mj-gfrm-hj5xMediumCVSS 6.5

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 15, 2026

Last Modified

May 15, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-46362 →

📋 Description

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.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hpgw-ww76-c68r
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46362
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-authorization-bypass-in-admin-pages-via-non-terminating-permission-check
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w9mj-gfrm-hj5x