CVE-2026-46362

phpMyFAQ - Authorization Bypass in Admin Pages via Non-Terminating Permission Check

CVSS 7.1 HIGHEPSS 0.3%CWE-863

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 7.1EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch referenciado

Lifecycle

15 May 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in AbstractAdministrationController::userHasPermission() that fails to terminate execution after sending a forbidden response. Attackers can access all permission-protected admin pages by requesting their URLs as authenticated users, exposing admin logs, user data, system information, and application configuration.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

thorsten · phpmyfaq

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References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hpgw-ww76-c68r https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-authorization-bypass-in-admin-pages-via-non-terminating-permission-check