Missing Authorization Affecting phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq package, versions <4.2.0-alpha.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-PHPMYFAQPHPMYFAQ-20187778
  • published28 Sept 2026
  • disclosed4 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-85589  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq to version 4.2.0-alpha.2 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 Dashboard API endpoints searches and content-health, which enforce only authentication without proper permission checks. An attacker can access site-wide search statistics and content-health counters by sending authenticated requests to these endpoints regardless of their privilege level.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1