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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-111893 EUVD-2026-103326GHSA-xr8j-x8f4-2j2f

phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Privilege Escalation via Group Category Restrictions API

Published Oct 17, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::saveCategoryRestrictions() that lets delegated administrators assign categories outside their own scope. Category-restricted administrators can POST to /admin/api/group/category-restrictions with out-of-scope or empty categoryIds to grant groups unrestricted category access.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
thorsten phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha – < 4.2.0-beta 4.2.0-beta

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