CVE-2026-111897— phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Authorization Bypass in Attachment Administration Endpoints
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Affected
thorsten phpMyFAQ
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.
phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha 至 4.2.0-beta（不含）版本中存在一个授权绕过漏洞。该漏洞允许受类别限制的管理员通过提供任意记录 ID，管理其权限范围之外的常见问题解答（FAQ）的附件。在中等权限模式下，攻击者可发送包含目标记录 ID 或附件 ID 的上传或删除请求，从而篡改或删除未经授权 FAQ 中的文件。
Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI
T1548.002 · Bypass User Account Control
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-111897
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Authorization Bypass in Attachment Administration Endpoints
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows category-restricted editors to manage attachments of FAQs outside their categories by supplying arbitrary record IDs. Attackers in medium permission mode can send upload or delete requests with a target record_id or attachment ID to tamper with or remove files on unauthorized FAQs.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
授权机制缺失
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Affected Products
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Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-111897 (2)
Same Patch Batch · thorsten · 2026-10-17 · 28 CVEs total
| CVE-2026-111911 | 9.8 CRITICAL | phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 Authentication Bypass via WebAuthn Credential Injection |
| CVE-2026-111908 | 8.3 HIGH | phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta BOLA in FAQ Update via REST |
| CVE-2026-111884 | 8.3 HIGH | phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Missing Current-Password Step-Up o |
| CVE-2026-111909 | 8.1 HIGH | phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 Missing Authorization Allows Superadmin Deletion via deleteUser API |
| CVE-2026-111882 | 8.1 HIGH | phpMyFAQ 3.2.0-alpha before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta TOTP 2FA Bypass via SS |
| CVE-2026-111901 | 7.5 HIGH | phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Unauthenticated DoS via API Pagination |
| CVE-2026-111898 | 7.5 HIGH | phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Account Takeover via Keycloak Implicit Account Link |
| CVE-2026-111907 | 7.1 HIGH | phpMyFAQ 4.0.0 before 4.1.9 CSRF via /admin/api/update-database |
| CVE-2026-111895 | 6.8 MEDIUM | phpMyFAQ 3.2.0 before 4.0.0 and 4.0.2 before 4.2.0-beta Account Takeover via Entra ID pref |
| CVE-2026-111910 | 6.5 MEDIUM | phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Authorization Bypass via attachmen |
| CVE-2026-111886 | 6.5 MEDIUM | phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta 2FA Brute-Force via remove-twofactor Endpoint |
| CVE-2026-111892 | 6.5 MEDIUM | phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Missing Rate Limiting on Password-Reset Endpoints |
| CVE-2026-111893 | 6.5 MEDIUM | phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Privilege Escalation via Group Category Restriction |
| CVE-2026-111906 | 6.5 MEDIUM | phpMyFAQ before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta CSRF in Elasticsearch/OpenSearch A |
| CVE-2026-111905 | 6.0 MEDIUM | phpMyFAQ 3.2.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta IDOR Leaks TOTP Secret via / |
| CVE-2026-111891 | 5.5 MEDIUM | phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta Privilege Escalation via Group Permissions A |
| CVE-2026-111890 | 5.5 MEDIUM | phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta Privilege Escalation via updateUserRights |
| CVE-2026-111885 | 5.5 MEDIUM | phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Missing Authorization via deleteGroup API |
| CVE-2026-111896 | 5.4 MEDIUM | phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Stored XSS via SVG Upload Sanitizer Bypass |
| CVE-2026-111894 | 5.4 MEDIUM | phpMyFAQ 3.2.1 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Stored XSS via iframe data: |
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