Access Control Bypass Affecting thorsten/phpmyfaq package, versions <4.1.0-alpha
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- published25 Jan 2026
- disclosed23 Jan 2026
- creditBrahim-Fouad GUIA
Introduced: 23 Jan 2026
CVE-2026-24420 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade thorsten/phpmyfaq to version 4.1.0-alpha or higher.
Overview
thorsten/phpmyfaq is a FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass via a permissive permission check in attachment.php. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to download attachments by exploiting flawed group and user permission logic.