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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-111902 EUVD-2026-103318GHSA-346r-939v-qh8c

phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Authorization Bypass via Comments and Attachments API

Published Oct 17, 2026 · Updated Oct 19, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in isFaqAccessibleForUser() that treats a missing FAQ translation as visible to unauthenticated users. Attackers can send a mismatched Accept-Language header to the comments and attachments API endpoints to read comments and attachment listings of unpublished or ACL-restricted FAQs.

Affected products

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

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