CVE-2026-111888

phpMyFAQ from 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability that allows delegated admins lacking the editnews right to modify news by calling PUT /admin/api/news/update, which checks NEWS_DELETE instead of NEWS_EDIT. Attackers holding addnews and delnews can read the update-news CSRF token from their own cookie and rewrite any news item's header, body, author, link and active flag shown on the public front page.

CVSS 4.0

5.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

2.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 17% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-863

Published

2026-10-17

Modified

2026-10-18

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-287v-6c6j-x9f7
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.0.0-before-4.1.9-incorrect-authorization-via-news-update-api
• https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-287v-6c6j-x9f7

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