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

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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Accept-Language header to the comments and attachments API endpoints to read comments and attachment listings of unpublished or ACL-restricted FAQs.

Announced Group revision 1
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CVE-2026-111902

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-111902

phpMyFAQ

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "thorsten",
    "product": "phpMyFAQ",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "4.2.0-alpha",
        "lessThan": "4.2.0-beta",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "4.2.0-beta",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-111902

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Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#38967 · Revision 1
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