What is GHSA-x4f4-6wgq-f686?

GHSA-x4f4-6wgq-f686 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a missing authorization vulnerability in...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-x4f4-6wgq-f686 cover?

GHSA-x4f4-6wgq-f686 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-111885. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-x4f4-6wgq-f686?

GHSA-x4f4-6wgq-f686 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-x4f4-6wgq-f686HighCVSS 5.5

phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a missing authorization vulnerability in...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 17, 2026

Last Modified

October 17, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-111885 →

📋 Description

phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a missing authorization vulnerability in GroupController::deleteGroup() that omits privilege-level checks on target groups. Authenticated non-SuperAdmin administrators holding GROUP_DELETE can send a crafted groupId to /admin/api/group/delete to permanently destroy higher-privileged groups and strip members' inherited rights.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-crh2-cv2j-cpjh
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111885
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-missing-authorization-via-deletegroup-api
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x4f4-6wgq-f686