Missing Authorization Affecting thorsten/phpmyfaq package, versions <4.1.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-THORSTENPHPMYFAQ-19428529
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed19 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-76209  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade thorsten/phpmyfaq to version 4.1.7 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 through the register API endpoint. An attacker can create unauthorized user accounts by sending crafted requests to the affected API endpoints, even when registration is disabled in the configuration.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1