Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 21, 2026

phpMyFAQ - Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization in editUser() and updateUserRights()

CVE-2026-56396

Description

phpMyFAQ before 4.1.4 contains missing authorization vulnerabilities in editUser() and updateUserRights() endpoints that allow authenticated administrators to escalate privileges. Non-SuperAdmin users with edit_user permission can set is_superadmin flag or grant arbitrary rights to escalate to SuperAdmin access.

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Affected products

Aimeos/Phpmyfaqinferred
Range: <4.1.4
Package: https://packagist.org/packages/phpmyfaq/phpmyfaq
PhpMyAdmin/Phpmyfaqllm-create
Range: <4.1.4

Patches

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References

github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-985r-q3qp-299hmitrevendor-advisory
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-privilege-escalation-via-missing-authorization-in-edituser-and-updateuserrightsmitrethird-party-advisory

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