Missing Authorization Affecting thorsten/phpmyfaq package, versions <4.1.2
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- published7 May 2026
- disclosed6 May 2026
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Introduced: 6 May 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-862 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade thorsten/phpmyfaq to version 4.1.2 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 Missing Authorization in the ConfigurationTabController endpoints due to missing permission checks. An attacker can access sensitive configuration metadata by sending authenticated requests to specific admin API endpoints. This allows enumeration of system settings such as permission models, active templates, cache backends, mail providers, and translation providers.