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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-57996 EUVD-2026-44632GHSA-26xw-7hf2-f34q

phpMyFAQ - Privilege Escalation via Missing SuperAdmin Guard in user/add Endpoint

Published Jul 15, 2026 · Updated Jul 16, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the user/add API endpoint that allows non-SuperAdmin administrators to create SuperAdmin accounts. A delegated administrator with USER_ADD/EDIT/DELETE permissions can call POST /admin/api/user/add with isSuperAdmin: true and attacker-chosen credentials to create a SuperAdmin account, then authenticate as that account to achieve full instance takeover.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ < 4.1.5 4.1.5

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