{"id":"CVE-2026-111888","title":"phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 Incorrect Authorization via news update API","summary":"phpMyFAQ from 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability that allows delegated admins lacking the editnews right to modify news by calling PUT /admin/api/news/update, which checks NEWS_DELETE instead of NEWS_EDI…","severity":"low","cvss":2.7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-863"],"vendor":"thorsten","product":"phpMyFAQ","affected":["phpMyFAQ >= 4.0.0 < 4.1.9"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-18T11:21:43.733421Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"published":"2026-10-17","updated":"2026-10-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-18T11:21:59.896Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111888","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-287v-6c6j-x9f7","label":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-287v-6c6j-x9f7)"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.0.0-before-4.1.9-incorrect-authorization-via-news-update-api","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 Incorrect Authorization via news update API"}],"tags":["cve.org","exploit-available"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-17T19:08:56.993Z","epss":0.00257,"epssPercentile":0.17294,"slug":"CVE-2026-111888","body":"## Overview\n\nphpMyFAQ from 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability that allows delegated admins lacking the editnews right to modify news by calling PUT /admin/api/news/update, which checks NEWS_DELETE instead of NEWS_EDIT. Attackers holding addnews and delnews can read the update-news CSRF token from their own cookie and rewrite any news item's header, body, author, link and active flag shown on the public front page.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `phpMyFAQ >= 4.0.0 < 4.1.9`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":27,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":14.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":224025,"id":"CVE-2026-111888","ts":1792323680358,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}