Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 17, 2026· Updated Oct 17, 2026

CVE-2026-111902

Description

phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in isFaqAccessibleForUser() that treats a missing FAQ translation as visible to unauthenticated users. Attackers can send a mismatched Accept-Language header to the comments and attachments API endpoints to read comments and attachment listings of unpublished or ACL-restricted FAQs.

Affected products

PhpMyAdmin/Phpmyfaqllm-create
Range: 4.2.0-alpha to <4.2.0-beta

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-g6fj-8cjr-wrxvnvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-authorization-bypass-via-comments-and-attachments-apinvd

News mentions

PhpMyFAQ: 25 Vulnerabilities Including Critical Auth Bypass Disclosed Together
Vypr Intelligence · Oct 17, 2026

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