CVE-2026-45009: phpMyFAQ: Ordinary Authenticated User Can Access Admin-Only API Endpoints Due to Insufficient Authorization Check in phpMyFAQ

medium Affects phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq, thorsten/phpmyfaq. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

phpMyFAQ: Ordinary Authenticated User Can Access Admin-Only API Endpoints Due to Insufficient Authorization Check in phpMyFAQ

Package
phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq Composer
Affected versions
>=4.1.1 and <4.1.2
Fixed in
4.1.2
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (11.3th percentile)
Published
2026-05-06
Source
osv.dev

References

phpMyFAQ: Ordinary Authenticated User Can Access Admin-Only API Endpoints Due to Insufficient Authorization Check in phpMyFAQ

Package
thorsten/phpmyfaq Composer
Affected versions
>=4.1.1 and <4.1.2
Fixed in
4.1.2
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (11.3th percentile)
Published
2026-05-06
Source
osv.dev

References

CWE-863
NVD recordphpmyfaq/phpmyfaq advisoriesthorsten/phpmyfaq advisories

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