CVE-2026-57996

8.7 highEPSS 0.4%

High (8.7). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the user/add API endpoint that allows non-SuperAdmin administrators to create SuperAdmin accounts. A delegated administrator with USER_ADD/EDIT/DELETE permissions can call POST /admin/api/user/add with isSuperAdmin: true and attacker-chosen credentials to create a SuperAdmin account, then authenticate as that account to achieve full instance takeover.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.7 high

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

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 38% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-269
Published: 2026-07-15
Modified: 2026-07-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-r2f4-v277-hvw9
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-privilege-escalation-via-missing-superadmin-guard-in-user-add-endpoint
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-r2f4-v277-hvw9

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