Incorrect Authorization Affecting phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq package, versions <4.1.8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-PHPMYFAQPHPMYFAQ-20187784
  • published28 Sept 2026
  • disclosed4 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-85587  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq to version 4.1.8 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 Incorrect Authorization due to insufficient permission checks on admin content pages. An attacker can access unpublished content by leveraging add permissions to interact with the news edit and FAQ translate endpoints.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1