phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in UserController::updateUserRights that drops per-right language restrictions when rights are re-granted. Administrators holding USER_EDIT can submit language-scoped rights to the update-rights API, including for themselves, to gain unrestricted FAQ create, edit, and publish access across all languages.
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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000
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| Description | phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in UserController::updateUserRights that drops per-right language restrictions when rights are re-granted. Administrators holding USER_EDIT can submit language-scoped rights to the update-rights API, including for themselves, to gain unrestricted FAQ create, edit, and publish access across all languages. | |
| Title | phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta Privilege Escalation via updateUserRights | |
| First Time appeared |
Phpmyfaq
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| Weaknesses | CWE-269 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-10-17T18:46:14.542Z
Updated: 2026-10-19T14:43:14.146Z
Reserved: 2026-10-17T12:16:44.849Z
Link: CVE-2026-111890
Updated: 2026-10-19T14:42:57.334Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-17T19:16:30.393
Modified: 2026-10-19T15:16:55.580
Link: CVE-2026-111890
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