CVE-2026-49205

mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 32 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.39% (32nd) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

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cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

phpMyFAQ is an open source FAQ web application. Versions prior to 4.1.4 have Missing Authorization in the API CategoryController. CVE-2026-24421 addressed this in the BackupController by adding: $this->userHasPermission(PermissionType::BACKUP). The same fix was not applied to 4 other write endpoints in the public API. All 4 only call $this->hasValidToken() — which checks a shared API key header, rather than the individual user's role permissions. The following APIs are affected: POST /api/v4.0/category (CategoryController::create), POST /api/v4.0/faq (FaqController::create), PUT /api/v4.0/faq (FaqController::update), and POST /api/v4.0/question (QuestionController::create). This issue has been fixed in version 4.1.4.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-862USCWE-862US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

thorsten phpMyFAQ≤ < 4.1.4enisa_euvdEU
Packagist phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq< 4.1.4osvUSpkg:composer/phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq
Packagist thorsten/phpmyfaq< 4.1.4osvUSpkg:composer/thorsten/phpmyfaq

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-8c6h-7g6x-m5x4phpMyFAQ: Missing userHasPermission() in 4 API write endpoints (CVE-2026-24421 Incomplete Fix)2026-06-23ghsa · osvUS
Missing Authorization in API CategoryController — CVE-2026-24421 fixed BackupController by adding userHasPermission(PermissionType::BACKUP). The same fix was NOT applied to 4 other write endpoints in the public API. All 4 only call hasValidToken() (shared API key) but never call userHasPermission(), allowing any API token holder to perform admin operations regardless of their user permissions. ## Summary CVE-2026-24421 fixed BackupController by adding: $this->userHasPermission(PermissionType::BACKUP); The same fix was NOT applied to 4 other write endpoints in the public API. All 4 only call $this->hasValidToken() — which checks a shared API key header, NOT the individual user's role permissions. ## Affected Endpoints 1. src/phpMyFAQ/Controller/Api/CategoryController.php → create() POST /api/v4.0/category Missing: userHasPermission(PermissionType::CATEGORY_ADD) Any API token holder can create categories regardless of user role. 2. src/phpMyFAQ/Controller/Api/FaqController.php → create() POST /api/v4.0/faq Missing: userHasPermission(PermissionType::FAQ_ADD) Any API token holder can create FAQ entries regardless of user role. 3. src/phpMyFAQ/Controller/Api/FaqController.php → update() PUT /api/v4.0/faq Missing: userHasPermission(PermissionType::FAQ_EDIT) Any API token holder can update any FAQ entry regardless of user role. 4. src/phpMyFAQ/Controller/Api/QuestionController.php → create() POST /api/v4.0/question Missing: permission check Any API token holder can create questions regardless of user role. ## Root Cause All 4 methods only call: $this->hasValidToken(); ← shared API key, not per-user The fixed BackupController correctly calls: $this->userHasPermission(PermissionType::BACKUP); PermissionType::CATEGORY_ADD, FAQ_ADD, FAQ_EDIT all exist in src/phpMyFAQ/Enums/PermissionType.php — they just are not being used. ## Fix Add userHasPermission() before the logic in each method: // CategoryController.create() $this->userHasPermission(PermissionType::CATEGORY_ADD); // FaqController.create() $this->userHasPermission(PermissionType::FAQ_ADD); // FaqController.update() $this->userHasPermission(PermissionType::FAQ_EDIT); ## Reporter CONTACT Santhoshini Ganta Github:@santhoshinipayload Email: santhoshinive75@gmail.com LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/santhoshini-g-1440621ba

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cnnvd enisa_euvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-06-18modified 2026-10-26

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