Missing Authorization Affecting thorsten/phpmyfaq package, versions <4.1.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-THORSTENPHPMYFAQ-16874187
  • published25 May 2026
  • disclosed20 May 2026
  • creditcyberHunter127

Introduced: 20 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-35671  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-639  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade thorsten/phpmyfaq to version 4.1.3 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 overwritePassword process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to higher-privileged accounts, including full administrative control, by modifying the userId parameter in the API request body without proper authorization checks.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1