phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a broken object-level authorization vulnerability in the PUT /api/v3.1/faq/update endpoint, which checks only the global edit_faq permission and does not verify access to the target FAQ. Authenticated users with edit_faq permission can supply the ID of a restricted FAQ they cannot view to modify its content, bypass moderation, and change its publication state.
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| Description | phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a broken object-level authorization vulnerability in the PUT /api/v3.1/faq/update endpoint, which checks only the global edit_faq permission and does not verify access to the target FAQ. Authenticated users with edit_faq permission can supply the ID of a restricted FAQ they cannot view to modify its content, bypass moderation, and change its publication state. | |
| Title | phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta BOLA in FAQ Update via REST API | |
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Phpmyfaq
Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-639 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Phpmyfaq
Phpmyfaq phpmyfaq |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-17T18:46:26.780Z
Reserved: 2026-10-17T12:18:07.314Z
Link: CVE-2026-111908
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-17T19:16:33.043
Modified: 2026-10-17T19:16:33.153
Link: CVE-2026-111908
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