Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-66399 EUVD-2026-49332GHSA-5w7v-f8fx-865c

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.6 Privilege Escalation via Group Membership

Published Jul 27, 2026 · Updated Aug 18, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.6 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::updateMembers() that allows administrators with only group-management permissions to join privileged groups without verification of required rights. Attackers can add themselves to pre-existing groups holding user-management rights and immediately inherit those permissions to modify or delete user accounts.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
thorsten phpMyFAQ < 4.1.6 4.1.6

References