---
id: CVE-2026-46362
title: >-
  phpMyFAQ - Authorization Bypass in Admin Pages via Non-Terminating Permission
  Check
summary: >-
  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-prote…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-863
vendor: thorsten
product: phpmyfaq
affected:
  - phpmyfaq < 4.1.2
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-05-18T16:06:31.278792Z'
exploitAvailable: true
published: '2026-05-15'
updated: '2026-11-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-08T14:03:54.514Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46362'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-hpgw-ww76-c68r
    label: GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-hpgw-ww76-c68r)
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-authorization-bypass-in-admin-pages-via-non-terminating-permission-check
    label: >-
      VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyFAQ - Authorization Bypass in Admin Pages via
      Non-Terminating Permission Check
tags:
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00303
epssPercentile: 0.23246
ingestedAt: '2026-11-08T14:51:22.419Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `phpmyfaq < 4.1.2`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.