CVE-2026-111902

Medium

Description

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Accept-Language header to the comments and attachments API endpoints to read comments and attachment listings of unpublished or ACL-restricted FAQs.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.3

Exploit probability—

ProductphpMyFAQ

PublishedOct 17, 2026

First seenOct 17, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-639Authorization bypass through user-controlled key

How to fix

Update

thorsten phpMyFAQ4.2.0-beta or later

Vendor advisories

github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-g6fj-8cjr-wrxv

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
thorsten phpMyFAQ	4.2.0-alpha ≤ v < 4.2.0-beta	4.2.0-beta

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