Missing Authorization Affecting phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq package, versions <4.1.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-PHPMYFAQPHPMYFAQ-19428520
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed19 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-76215  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq to version 4.1.7 or higher.

Overview

phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization via the API endpoints for comments and attachments. An attacker can access restricted comment text, commenter email addresses, and attachment filenames by sending unauthenticated requests to these endpoints.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1