CVE-2026-85589

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.5%

Medium (5.3). EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

phpMyFAQ before 4.2.0-alpha.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the admin dashboard API endpoints searches and content-health that enforce only authentication without permission checks. Any authenticated user can access these endpoints to read site-wide search statistics and content-health counters regardless of their privilege level.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

5.3 medium

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

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 42% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-862
Published: 2026-09-04
Modified: 2026-09-08
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gpwm-82cg-4wfw
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-before-4.2.0-alpha.2-missing-authorization-via-dashboard-api
https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-gpwm-82cg-4wfw

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