CVE-2026-111910

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in attachment.php that allows attackers to download attachments of restricted FAQs by bypassing per-record permission checks. Low-privileged users with the dlattachment right, or anonymous users when allowDownloadsForGuests is enabled, can request attachment IDs to retrieve confidential files from restricted FAQs.

CVSS 4.0

7.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 20% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-862

Published

2026-10-17

Modified

2026-10-21

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-22

References

• https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pp67-9fv9-ph7q
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-4.1.9-and-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-authorization-bypass-via-attachment-php-downloads
• https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-pp67-9fv9-ph7q

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