{"id":"CVE-2026-111897","title":"phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Authorization Bypass in Attachment Administration Endpoints","summary":"phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows category-restricted editors to manage attachments of FAQs outside their categories by supplying arbitrary record IDs. Attackers in medium p…","severity":"high","cvss":7.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-862"],"vendor":"thorsten","product":"phpMyFAQ","affected":["phpMyFAQ >= 4.2.0-alpha < 4.2.0-beta"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-19T21:29:37.474900Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"published":"2026-10-17","updated":"2026-10-19","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-19T21:29:59.961Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111897","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hj8v-cg6r-gg6q","label":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-hj8v-cg6r-gg6q)"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-authorization-bypass-in-attachment-administration-endpoints","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Authorization Bypass in Attachment Administration Endpoints"}],"tags":["cve.org","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00329,"epssPercentile":0.25924,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-17T19:08:56.911Z","slug":"CVE-2026-111897","body":"## Overview\n\nphpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows category-restricted editors to manage attachments of FAQs outside their categories by supplying arbitrary record IDs. Attackers in medium permission mode can send upload or delete requests with a target record_id or attachment ID to tamper with or remove files on unauthorized FAQs.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `phpMyFAQ >= 4.2.0-alpha < 4.2.0-beta`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":51,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.1,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":225238,"id":"CVE-2026-111897","ts":1792446281675,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}