Description
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.10 contains an object-level authorization bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to modify or delete any visitor question by supplying an arbitrary openQuestionID to POST /api/faq/create. Attackers solving the CAPTCHA can rewrite question categories, forge answered entries in faqquestion_history, or permanently delete questions when records.enableDeleteQuestion is enabled.
Published: 2026-10-25
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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History

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Thorsten
Thorsten phpmyfaq
Vendors & Products Thorsten
Thorsten phpmyfaq

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description phpMyFAQ before 4.1.10 contains an object-level authorization bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to modify or delete any visitor question by supplying an arbitrary openQuestionID to POST /api/faq/create. Attackers solving the CAPTCHA can rewrite question categories, forge answered entries in faqquestion_history, or permanently delete questions when records.enableDeleteQuestion is enabled.
Title phpMyFAQ before 4.1.10 Authorization Bypass via /api/faq/create openQuestionID
First Time appeared Phpmyfaq
Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq
Weaknesses CWE-639
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Phpmyfaq
Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Phpmyfaq Phpmyfaq
Thorsten Phpmyfaq
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-25T13:20:21.213Z

Reserved: 2026-10-25T12:26:13.487Z

Link: CVE-2026-116183

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-25T14:16:58.213

Modified: 2026-10-25T14:16:58.330

Link: CVE-2026-116183

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-25T19:00:18Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-639

    Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key