{"id":"CVE-2026-111889","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-111889"],"related":[],"title":"phpMyFAQ: admin dashboard exposes restricted data to any logged-in user","description":"phpMyFAQ from 4.1.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the admin dashboard that allows authenticated users without admin rights to view restricted data. Attackers with any activated account can request /admin/index.php/ to read unpublished FAQ questions, admin edit URLs, recent user identities, and site statistics.","summary":"phpMyFAQ versions 4.1.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta are missing an authorization check on the admin dashboard. Any activated account without admin rights can read unpublished FAQ questions, admin edit URLs, recent user identities and site statistics.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["php","phpmyfaq","runtime","self-hosted"],"not_affected_if":["no-public-registration","patched-version"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed version with `phpmyfaq` version info in the admin area or the package manifest; affected range is `4.1.0` to below `4.1.9`, and `4.2.0-alpha` to below `4.2.0-beta`.\n- Request `/admin/index.php/` as a non-admin logged-in user and see whether dashboard data is returned.","fix":"- Upgrade phpMyFAQ to `4.1.9` or later on the 4.1 line, or to `4.2.0-beta` or later on the 4.2 line.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-17T19:16:30+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:14+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T04:26:53+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T04:26:53+00:00","category":"runtime","confidence":0.8,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T04:26:53Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Upgrade phpMyFAQ to `4.1.9` or later on the 4.1 line, or to `4.2.0-beta` or later on the 4.2 line.","reach":"internet","title":"phpMyFAQ: admin dashboard exposes restricted data to any logged-in user","impact":"medium","summary":"phpMyFAQ versions 4.1.0 before 4.1.9 and 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta are missing an authorization check on the admin dashboard. 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Sites that allow only admins to register accounts, or that run a patched release, are not exposed to this flaw.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-17T19:16:30+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","cvss_by":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-111889","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111889","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-17T19:16:30+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-18T14:16:54+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:14+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:28:55+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}