phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the group permission API, whose updatePermissions and updateMembers endpoints check held rights without regard to language or category scope and write unrestricted group grants. Non-superadmin administrators holding GROUP_EDIT can grant a group a right they hold only in a narrow scope and self-join it via updateMembers, gaining unrestricted FAQ create, edit, and publish access across all languages and categories.
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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000
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| Description | phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the group permission API, whose updatePermissions and updateMembers endpoints check held rights without regard to language or category scope and write unrestricted group grants. Non-superadmin administrators holding GROUP_EDIT can grant a group a right they hold only in a narrow scope and self-join it via updateMembers, gaining unrestricted FAQ create, edit, and publish access across all languages and categories. | |
| Title | phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta Privilege Escalation via Group Permissions API | |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-269 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-10-17T18:46:15.227Z
Updated: 2026-10-19T16:40:19.217Z
Reserved: 2026-10-17T12:16:44.849Z
Link: CVE-2026-111891
Updated: 2026-10-19T15:35:27.787Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-17T19:16:30.550
Modified: 2026-10-19T17:17:05.230
Link: CVE-2026-111891
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