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CVE-2026-116183

7.5, high

Thorsten phpMyFAQ Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Vulnerability

NVD (opens in a new tab) CVE.org (opens in a new tab)
CVSS
7.5, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
n/a
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
25 Oct 2026yesterday

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.

Details

Vendor
Thorsten
Product
phpMyFAQ
Weakness
CWE-639 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Deferred
Updated
25 Oct 2026
Assigner
disclosure@vulncheck.com

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References 2

Advisories 1

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Thorsten CVEs

Every Thorsten CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-111911 Thorsten phpMyFAQ Improper Authentication Vulnerability EPSS 0.5% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2026-111882 Thorsten phpMyFAQ Improper Authentication Vulnerability EPSS 0.4% 8.1, high
  • CVE-2026-111884 phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta does not require the current password when changing an account e-mail in the… EPSS 0.3% 8.3, high
  • CVE-2026-111897 Thorsten phpMyFAQ Missing Authorization Vulnerability EPSS 0.3% 7.1, high
  • CVE-2026-111898 Thorsten phpMyFAQ Improper Authentication Vulnerability EPSS 0.4% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-111901 Thorsten phpMyFAQ Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability EPSS 0.4% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-111907 Thorsten phpMyFAQ Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability EPSS 0.1% 7.1, high
  • CVE-2026-111908 Thorsten phpMyFAQ Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Vulnerability EPSS 0.4% 8.3, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 26 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.